‘Time of wars, domination over’
‘Statesmen needed to save country’
“FORMER Soviet secret agent Yuri Bezmenov says ‘the time of wars and domination on other states is over’012, because the victory against states and communities can be realized at the moment through four phases through which you can tear apart any country,” columnist and former Kuwaiti ambassador Ahmad Al-Dawas wrote for Al-Seyassah daily.
“The first phase can be accomplished by destroying the morals and values of any system which will take approximately 15 to 20 years. Why such a long period of time? Well, over this long period of time one can educate one generation of people on the banal values and which need to be ingrained in the community to subvert it and eradicating its identity over time.
“He went on to say, this goal can be realized through dealing sarcastically with the religion as well as with the clerics and projecting those who attack them, as symbols of free opinion and thought. This measure to be completed by corrupting the education and diverting their attention from learning any constructive, realistic and effective things in addition to stripping them from the sense of national responsibility and loyalty towards their country and government, given the fact this can be realized by supporting some media symbols who were unknown previously and are accepted by the people. They have enjoyed unknown support which had an implicit impact on social life in a manner it satisfied those who are secretly working to play with their feelings.
“The second phase is by destabilizing the situations which can be done in lesser time, say between two to five years. This can be done by agitating sectarian strife and promoting fanatic tendencies in communities to tear apart the social fabric and promoting fake examples on communal thought and shifting the concentration from vital issues and instead delving in trivial matters and running after fashions and merry-making until one loses the sense of responsibility which makes one’s ears deaf to the importance of homeland, its basics and symbols.
“Likewise, this phase shall look for traitors who have managed to sneak into the country with suspicious agendas to achieve their personal agendas. Apart from the above this phase shall witness a desire to look for followers of the people who belong to doctrines which contradict with that particular country incapable of co-existing with the latter to attract and mobilize the same and then support all unobserved persons to drag the country into the third phase.
“The third phase will comprise of crises and this can be achieved within two to six months that shall conduce to political anarchy, security turmoil and pushing the country into a dark tunnel or a civil war that shall eventually set the stage for the fourth phase which shall witness the introduction of some new-look personalities arriving at the political scene and remain loyal to the country’s foes.
“Meanwhile, Bezmenov added, that the most effective handling of this scenario can be done by putting an end to the most dangerous step, ‘moral corruption’ that we talked about in the first phase, and this can be realized only by expelling foreign agents and without wasting effort, time and money to look for those who are pulling the strings from behind the curtains.
“He went on to say the most successful solution to derail the first phase is by bringing the community to the religious fold because religion can govern the community relations and keep it in harmony by identifying the soft sports because religion alone can protect coherence even during the darkest period of time.
“However, the above are excerpts of a lecture which was given by Bezmenov in 1983, but the question here is, can this push one to think deep? Will the message reach those concerned?
“Anyway, we hope those concerned with the affairs of the State, such as those who entertain people in their Diwaniyas, for instance, and those who have denounced corruption recently, will form a delegation without wasting time and meet the Prime Minister with solutions which are capable of containing the internal situation.
“In the meantime, I personally hope the National Assembly will be dissolved and replaced with a Shura Council whose members will be efficient and professional Kuwaitis who are known for their ‘clean conscience’.
“Yes, we want ‘statesmen’, not paper cartoons to rescue the country from imminent catastrophe’.”
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“The outbreak of the Corona epidemic confirmed the fact that it is important to achieve ‘food security’, meaning that countries must rely, even for a short period, on the food and agricultural supplies their land produces to satisfy the people’s need of food, in the difficult, urgent circumstances that befell countries similar to our current circumstances,” columnist and former Kuwaiti ambassador Mohammad Salem Al-Balhan wrote for Al-Qabas daily.
“Some of the officials in charge say that our country has surpassed many agricultural countries in achieving ‘food security’, with what its few agricultural lands produce from those land plots that the State distributed to them to produce agricultural produce, at a time when most of these plots have been exploited for other purposes.
“In contrast, completely contrary to the goal for which it was distributed, many of them have been turned into chalets for many reasons, which are as follows; first and foremost the poor fertility of agricultural land, which requires many material costs to purchase and provide agricultural materials to help this land ready to produce agricultural produce.
“Second is the lack of know-how which most of the farmers to whom the agricultural plots were distributed lack, as they have neither the knowledge nor the experience in agriculture, and the imported labor that cultivates in these plots are ignorant of agricultural affairs, and in any case they are far from knowing agriculture or production.
“The Kuwaiti agriculture is infested with dangerous agricultural pests, the most important of which is the weevil (beetles belonging to the super family Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts) which are known for destroying many palms planted in the Abdali area, for example, and this indicates that agriculture in Kuwait needs continuous and serious government support, so that it can reach a stage in which production can be achieved.
“In order to achieve food security, similar to the situation experienced by agriculture in the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which has a land that is very similar to Kuwaiti agricultural lands, in terms of fertility and the abundance of petroleum chemicals that spoil the planting and soil in general.
“Accordingly, in order to achieve food security, there must be a concerted effort between the State and the farmers, and for the State to exert some efforts in supervising agricultural production, especially when problems from all sides, whether from soil, climatic conditions, or lack of water.
“In other words, if we would like to achieve the targeted food security, then the above factors, must be taken into account and eventually handle the situation with solid methods, because there are many young Kuwaiti agronomists graduated from the agricultural universities and we must trust them to carry out the responsibilities on their shoulders.
“It is not easy to announce the thwarting of a conspiracy targeting national security, in which a wide network has participated – prominent personalities, officers, MPs, military and influential people who were in contact with London. When London said the entire Kuwaiti people know, what did it mean?” columnist Talal Al-Saeed wrote for Al-Seyassah daily.
“It is unfortunate that all these news are circulating through the local press. Their sources confirmed that the Public Prosecution Office is investigating the matter, and that one of the defendants suffered a nervous breakdown during his interrogation so he was referred to a psychiatric unit. This is a clear evidence that the media sources are aware and knowledgeable of the most accurate details of the case.
“This is accounted for as per those sources, but what caught public attention is that the Ministry of Interior and security media are silent. “No official has come out to us to make a statement on the subject, explain the matter to us in detail, and what exactly is meant by targeting national security. Who comprises the network that is covering up the names of its members, although their charges are tantamount to job betrayal and targeting our national security. It is said the issue of leaks has become the issue of every Kuwaiti citizen, and it no longer matters who are the owners.
“Are all these not worthy for the Minister of the Interior to come out with a statement to reassure citizens, and explain details about the network and the names of the accused?
“Without fear and without hesitation – they did not fear God – they worked to undermine national security in various ways. How long the State security crimes will remain unknown? How long fear and hesitation will remain? Why not announce what is going on in terms of the testimonies?”
“With the National Assembly elections approaching, candidates are racing to win voters’ admiration through an overly emotional political discourse in traditional axes, most notably sectarian, racist and populist reform, with varying momentum among the axes, and with a variable degree on the same axis through the successive political stages,” columnist Professor Dr Abdulatif Bin Nakhi wrote for Al-Rai daily.
“In general, it is expected that the sectarian rhetoric will continue in the current election campaigns compared to the previous elections for a number of reasons, foremost of which is the radical shift in the identity of the Parliament – from extremist religious to civil constitutional.
“This shrinkage of the sectarian axis was replaced with the axis of populist reform through the presentation of superficial methodologies for reform, immediate anti-corruption policies, and deceptive promises to voters – similar to a large extent to what were put forward in the electoral campaigns in the first parliamentary elections after the liberation (1992).
“The late former MP Hamad Al-Jouaan discovered early on the falsehood of most of the opposition lawmakers in the 1992 Parliament. Indeed, the accuracy of the diagnosis of hunger and the correctness of his opinion were proven through their weak positions in the Parliament towards the sensitive files that they promised to address during their election campaigns.
“It is our right and duty as voters to verify the credibility and seriousness of the candidates in their electoral speeches by reviewing their political histories and evaluating their positions on political events and recent parliamentary activities.”
“Due to the massive development in the means of communication, e-commerce has become popular in serving the consumer. The market has become larger for the consumer, as you can now shop online from all countries while sitting at home. Thus, you enjoy wider choices in terms of product quality and price depending on need, prior knowledge or even through the attraction of an electronic advertisement of a commodity that caught your attention,” columnist Dhari Al-Shareeda wrote for Al-Rai daily.
“This large space contributed to the stiff competition between producers, advertisers, wholesalers and retailers, and even between shipping, transportation and delivery companies in different countries.
“It is necessary to keep pace with this tremendous advancement in parallel with the development of mail in Kuwait, which is still far from keeping pace with the general situation of global e-commerce. This forces consumers to seek the services of companies for direct delivery of shipments to ensure the arrival of their products according to different price lists. Clearly, these companies neither operate based on one rule nor organized as per the law.
“In countries that give more attention to mail, the consumer completes the order procedures on the website using his home address only and the shipment arrives through one of different companies without specifying the name of the company. If there are delivery fees or charges, these are mentioned on the website, along with the value added tax depending on the price of the commodity requested. Therefore, the consumer does not complete the payment procedures, only to pay another bill in front of his door without knowing the details.”