The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 23
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order "In Vietnam, the greatest and strongest world power was humbled by a small and poor country which was a great psychological blow to this Super Power. The United States was determined at any cost to redeem its honour and to restore its self respect and pride and its image as the world's greatest military power. But the truth is that a broken back seldom gets fully restored and cured. To date, the U. S. has rained four times as many bombs upon Iraq as in Vietnam and the fight still goes on. " (February 22, 1991) "What is happening today is a repetition of that mournful tale of sordid history. I don't know what the future will bring or when the tide of history will turn and the arrogant and the mighty humbled, but I do know that Allah will in due course, humiliate and humble the arrogant. I can assure the United States of America that it cannot restore its back that was broken in Vietnam by inflicting indignities and atrocities on Iraq. The back of United States of America broken in Vietnam will remain broken. The United States can gouge great and deep craters in the earth by exploding 2,500,000 tons of explosives. In those deep craters and ditches the reputation and good name of United States of America will remain buried in disgrace for ever. As time goes on, these barbaric deeds will become more and more manifest and the reputation of United States will be sullied and stained beyond redemption. It may well be that because of the overwhelming might of United States of America at the present, few critics may venture to proclaim their misdeeds and atrocities for fear of reprisals. However, these acts against humanity will not disappear or fade, but 23