The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 45
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order diplomatic euphemisms. But, in reality, the cruelty that Iraq is being subjected to by the joint efforts of Britain and U. S. , constitutes a crime whose horror exceeds the hypothetically feared potential execution of a few thousand Britons and Americans held in Iraq. For instance, the scope of this jointly sponsored crime has now been extended to include even Jordan as a target. East Jordan is a country that has perpetually been loyal to the West, unabashedly so - and, for the West, it has been the most loyal state in the region. Then consider the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, even more than Jordan, which perhaps has the dubious distinction of having the greatest loyalty to the West. But in its case, it is no longer a case of loyalty alone: all the interests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have become synonymous with the interests of the U. S. So it is not a case of mere loyalty with the U. S. However, East Jordan, which is a small state, is widely known to be loyal to the Western world. It has deep friendly, even fraternal, relations with Britain and the U. S. , and has always nmked with them at the top of their list of friends. The problem with Jordan is that its participation in the economic boycott against Iraq would ruin Jordan's own economy, its own survival is put on the line; and the possibility of reprisals from Iraq - to annex it by force - threatens it militarily. Jordan is not strong enough to withstand such an onslaught even for a few hours. So, Jordan is in a tight spot; but, disregarding its precarious balance, the West has decided to extend the arena of its criminal activity to include Jordan. Jordan is being threatened that if it did not join the West in the boycott of Iraq then Jordan too would have to face a similar blockade which includes a ban on the transmission of food-supply, and that amounts to a sinister plan to starve multitudes of people. This is calculated to humiliate Jordan to the point where it decided to retreat from its present resolve. And that is not all; there are many other sinister plans which one cannot visualise without shuddering. FATAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION So, the question is: where is justice? The Western world has adopted their own style of diplomacy - which in Islamic terminology would be called "duplicity" - reaching the utmost limits. They have promoted duplicity under the guise of diplomacy and politics to a 45