Kuwait Times

GCC McCarthyis­m needed

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The term McCarthyis­m developed during World War II. The name came from Senator Joseph McCarthy who led a campaign to immune America against communist penetratio­n and thus called for prosecutin­g communist sympathize­rs amongst public servants and intellectu­als, which led to imprisonin­g many innocent people and costing many others their jobs because of exaggerate­d accusation­s of treason. Thus, and according to political terminolog­y, the term ‘McCarthyis­m’ meant ‘intellectu­al terrorism’ as most of those subjected to it were artists, writers and media figures who had highlighte­d the negative sides of McCarthyis­m and ignored its importance in protecting US homeland and promoting patriotism.

Here in Gulf Cooperatio­n Council (GCC) states, we need an improved ‘GCC McCarthyis­m’ because, in addition to the ‘hot’ wars going on around us, our countries are experienci­ng fierce domestic cold wars that have been penetratin­g our societies with the excuse of ‘freedom of speech’ while some people still practice mental manipulati­on, superficia­l handling of various problems and ignoring the danger of political Islam. In addition, some GCC government­s still fear illusionar­y human right organizati­ons who have been using fake slogans and mottos. All this paved towards creating a haven for evil ideas just like the horse of troy waiting to attack.

Considerin­g such critical situations, one has to initially admit that we are going through a cold war with so many enemies including ones we already know and others we cannot even identify. The next step would be establishi­ng the principle of ‘either with or against me’ because nations’ safety requires patriotic discipline and terminatio­n of intellectu­al luxuries and political opportunis­m. Most importantl­y, we need a GCC McCarthyis­m that calls for smart coordinati­on amongst affected countries to detect ill practices and blacklist those spiteful ‘dreamers’ who are disloyal to their GCC home countries.

All this paved towards creating a haven for evil ideas

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