The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 162
Nimh Friday Sennon Jan 18, 1991 seeking forgiveness from God. It occurred to none of them to pray to God fervently that: 0, God ! we have landed ourselves in a big mess. Deliver us from this situation. And if they have been forced into participating in this genocide of their own brothers and sisters, then they must give charity for the expiation of their sins, and take measures to alleviate human misery, and make sensible use of the enormous wealth that is at their disposal. But instead of mending their ways, they are just languidly waiting for the day when Iraqi power would be totally annihilated, and they would return to their tiny state, swaggering. Then their country would be rebuilt by the Western powers, whereas Iraq would have been obliterated from the face of the earth. Now, the question is : who is the primary beneficiary of this turmoil - this dangerous tum taken by international events? This morning, an interview of the deputy Defence Minister of Israel was aired. When it was pointed out to him by the interviewer that a possible Israeli retaliation for Iraqi scud attacks is likely to seriously damage the accord between Muslim countries and the West, he said: What are you talking about? Your statement is pointless. Do you think that the U. S. , U. K and European countries should be grateful to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt for siding with the allies? These countries are deeply indebted to you and are bearing your yoke. They totally rely on the West. These countries will not care a hoot if Israel, or for that matter, any country destroys Iraq. These countries have been rendered incapable of voicing their angry dissent with the West. This observation is profoundly true and it accurately portrays the contemporary situation. But I completely disagree with that aspect of his observation which says that the West has done these Muslims countries a great favour by stepping into this war. This is completely untrue! The West has neither done the Islamic world, as a whole, any favour, nor has it done any favour to those countries in whose name the West is continuing this war. As always, the West is in it for serving its own selfish interests. And this horrifying instance of pursuing self-interests is just one in a chain of similar instances which characterize recent history. The advanced nations of the world have always tried to extract the maximum benefit out o f a situation of turmoil anywhere else in the world. So, if you pursue this line of thought a little further, you will begin to understand what I am talking 162