Post ‘unanimous UN Iraq resolution’ even the most hardened radical Islamic financed Islamic tabloids are screaming today that ‘America had finally won in Iraq.’ I hope the bunch of liberal left will earn this hard way , like the economy that roared back and never sank as predicted by likes of Bush bashers Krugman Iraq will be the beginning of a major overhaul of Islamic world long overdue, a new renaissance, bloody and ugly but fruitful in its results and pregnant with hope for this region.
The global consensus driven on reconstruction ad new sovereignty of Iraq is a historic moment. I just drove pass a vendor on one of our grand Avenues and really could nor suppress my feeling that building always overcomes annihilation, UN resolution is very timely and its unanimity even more touching. The same vendor had everyday stories of destruction painted on the first page; the gleeful silent response of those who opposed this war on killings by the terrorists was most unexplainable. Instead of wholesale condemnation it was always treated mutely as a freedom fight comparisons with Vietnam thrive and forecasts of Beirut like exodus dime a dozen, Fullujah and Karbela was made as beginning of the end, all that is now quiet, Iraq has concentration of global terrorists and hopefully they will be dealt of fatal blow, the global will and action will help eradicate a major threat to the sense of oneness that has been hallmark of this new millennium.
The freedom fight that Iraqis fought and won was against their master tormentor Saddam Hussein, the whole nation had their lips stitched.
I will like to revisit some thoughts I wrote last June.
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
Dying candle flickers ever so briefly before being extinguished forever
By Iqbal Latif
War in Iraq as we have written in several articles over the past 6 months has changed the dynamics of the Islamic world. Within coming 24 - 36 months the changes would be so rapid that the waft of freedom will be universally felt.
Within the Islamic Arab communities the weakness of leadership and separation of leaders from populace that had led to the ‘myth of hatred’ is dead ultimately. The whole slogan of the street being against America, recent polls put 81% of Muslims against America, sensationalism aside the poor state of populace from Turkey to Pakistan all adds to frustration, the leadership needs to be pro-active and provider of basic amenities. Total nonsense of fanning hatred through perpetual jihad has resulted in misguided populations, the failed leaders across the board after seeing Baghdad fall have realised that freedom and course of peace is the only way, the road from Baghdad has opened many a eyes as we expected. If they continue this hatred against west the people like it for street expression but the real hated is the lack of freedom they resort to terror love because they cannot express their dissent.
They equally detest their policies, they can demonstrate against US presence in Iraq but in their heart of heart they accept the presence with a glee too, this ambivalence and general acceptance of US control in Iraq has led many in the Arab world think of their fate, there is no one who is going to cry for them!
The leadership options are now changed no point in holding US responsible for all evils within them they need to harness the evil fundamentalism and political extremism that will shake the foundation of their nations. The collection in Sharm Al Shiekh is natural corollary of the action and policies precipitated in the last two years post 911.
When oil wealth is being harnessed and the children of Basra have shoes on their feet then the revolution will traverse the lands of Islam. It is the ultimate coup de grace for the Islamic fundamentalist and their dying movement is just as when a dying candle flickers ever so briefly before being extinguished forever. |
