The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 204
Elevemh Friday Senno11 Feb OJ, 1991 defense capability you are seeing now, it bears no relation to the wealth that is located there. Why is that so? Why has this part been as a weakling whereas Israel which is a minor part of that area and is not endowed with oil, bas been bolstered up to an unusually strong position? So to say, the enclosure of wealth is defenceless and the quarter from where burglary is expected has been beefed up! This is a puzzle which needs to be resolved. The second mystery is that when President Saddam proposed a linkage of the issues involved, why was this proposal of linkage rejected out of band? An analysis of this rejection causes wonder, but once you understand it then you will have no difficulty in reaching the final conclusion as to what is the solution. The U. S. and its allies have been persistent in their denial of any linkage between the occupation of Kuwait and any other issue. President Saddam maintained that there is a linkage and a simultaneous solution is called for. If this linkage had been accepted then the solution of the current problem would have been like this: President Saddam would withdraw from Kuwait and reverse bis aggressive advance, while the Jews or Zionists who have usurped the West Bank of Eastern Jordan would withdraw from that area. Undoing of one aggression could have been procured at the price of nullifying another aggression. Both sides would have been restored equitably. Justice would have been served and this issue would have not advanced any further. This was the purpose for which President Saddam was constantly stressing the linkage of issues. The Super Powers of the world who had an axe to grind in this conflict presented a deliberately distorted version of President Saddam's viewpoint, although it was as simple as I have stated before you. THE WEST DISTORTS A. JUST STAND The Western world was given to understand that President Saddam's position is that since Israel has occupied some territory of a brotherly Muslim stale, therefore, in his anger he too has occupied a brotherly Muslim state, and they were derisive of the theory of linkage as an irrational, illogical and senseless idea. They held that it is plain to the whole world that Iraq had some disputes with the Kuwaiti government about oil production. So on this pretext, 204