The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 226
Twelfth Friday Sermon Feb 08, 1991 means that the oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia and other Sheikdoms would be forced to grant a portion of their revenue from the oil reserves as charity to such Arab counties as may be unendowed with oil wealth, or to those who have scanty oil reserves. In much the same way as the U. S. enslaves some of the Third world countries through the trap of economic aid, some less affluent Arab countries would be made slaves of the oil-rich Arab counties through this charity. Just as strings are usually attached to foreign aid, similarly non-economic strings would be attached to this so called economic assistance. The American financial assistance tenned as "American Aid" always carries with it political strings that are designed to serve the U. S. interests. In the same way, this aid would also entail some political conditions to serve the Israeli interests, in particular and Western interests, in general. These conditions would dictate that disputes between the countries in the Middle East will not be taken to the United Nations. Any disputes would have to be settled bilaterally with Israel, under American patronage, without the involvement of the U. N. A guarantee will have to be provided that no attempts will be made to get involved in any future war in this region. Further, it must be agreed that whereas Israel shall continue to manufacture nuclear weapons and to stock-pile other devices of mass destruction, the Muslim countries would not entertain any thoughts of making such weapons or devices even for self defense. These are the two fundamental characteristics of the dream of peace which President Bush has visualised. You will see attempts being made to unveil it, in the not too distant future. There are also some other ramifications of this dream which may or may not materialize. One part is connected with pressurising the Jews to make some conciliatory gestures towards the Arabs. I must clarify, at this point, that all Jews are not alike because there are some gentle-natured and noble-minded Jews who are very much opposed to the creation of Israel as a separate state and reject its policies which they regard as harmful, not only for mankind but also for the Jews themselves. So when I say Jews, it certainly does not imply that I condemn the Jewish community collectively, but by Jews I always mean the state of Israel. Anyway, some Western powers think that they can put pressure on Israel to ameliorate its ways partially. It is just wishful thinking on their part lo expect that Israel would ever 226