Look at the Middle East Through the Eyes of The Muslim Extremist
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The Third Phase of the 33-Day-War
Islam Times – Muhammad Imani describes the events which are taking place throughout the Islamic world and how western power is diminishing.
Islam Times
Translator : Aabid Waqar
The Third Phase of the 33-Day-War
A month after the first spark of revolution in the Buzaid Square of Tunisia, chain revolutions formed throughout the Middle East. The changes took place after two dictators fell in Tunisia and Egypt and the western reaction were not unexpected. Over the past four months a clear picture of the west’s plans of the New Middle East has been shown. These changes showed that America and its allies did not hesitate to spill innocent blood wherever they could. Also, the American military blade has proven itself dull. American officials lost control of Egypt before they started to move. Jim Lehrer of Newshour asked vice-president Joe Biden 2 weeks before Mubarak fell: “Has the time come for President Mubarak of Egypt to go?” He also asked if Biden considered Mubarak a dictator. Biden calmly answered: “No I think the time has come for president Mubarak to move in the direction to be more responsive to some of the needs of the people out there. The two things that we have been saying is that violence is not appropriate and that people have the right to protest. “ Biden also stated that he did not believe that Mubarak was a dictator. This interview aired on January, 27th, 2011. Two weeks later Mubarak fled to Sharm al-Sheikh and turned away from power. This showed that American power has been diminished in the region.
America was struck by a huge blow right at the beginning. Then, the conditions in Yemen, Bahrain, and Libya went out of control. America was confused and acted in a reactionary manner; they were hit with two strong blows in Tunisia and especially in Egypt. They were forced to turn back from the stances that they were taking. Then, they thought that they could change the quiddity of the revolutions; that they could deviate the revolutions from the course that they were taking. The nightmare of another Islamic revolution like that of 1979 entered their hearts. Therefore, they did not hesitate to order military strikes alongside their soft war tactics.
During this time period the intifada in the southern section of the Persian Gulf and the Arab Peninsula became extremely important. The leaders of Saudi Arabia, who never imagined a day that Egypt would be without Mubarak, became terrified. Revolutions were sprouting all over the place: from within Saudi Arabia, in Yemen to the south, and in Bahrain to the north. Representatives of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain went to America or the American embassies in Riyadh and Manama. They asked if they would be rewarded for all of their service or would they share a similar fate to that of Mubarak. Robert Gates, the secretary of defense, who has experience in the region, stepped up to bat. He told the Bahraini rulers to make reforms or else Iran would benefit from these protests despite the fact that they did not have any evidence showing that Iran was playing any role at all in the protests.
