Crunch time for Egypt
Abdul Hameed
We do not govern Egypt, we only
govern the governors of Egypt - Lord Cromer
As Egyptians from all walks of life
ponder their prospects for a future free from tyranny they certainly
must be concerned of a possible hijacking of their revolution or a
co-opting into the murky world of the world’s ruling elite
Egyptians were never independent in the true sense of the word since
they gained ‘independence’ from Britain. Egypt’s slave role continued
with those insufferable tyrants who sold their people’s sovereignty and
integrity to the West for the moolah that came their way. The ‘servant
governors’ were only too happy to be governed by the West as long as
they could project themselves as ‘leaders’ to the outside world. They
didn’t care a tuppence for the contempt their own people had for them.
Mohammed Al-Barade |
Hosni Mubarak |
As long as the governors of the governors of Egypt supported them in
oppressing their own people and as long as they did their bidding
everything was tickety boo.
So in a sense, true independence came to Egypt only with the
humiliating exit of Hosni Mubarak. For the first time in centuries Egypt
is truly free. When the world watched the awesome images of the gallant
Egyptian youth a belief that a new era had dawned for the ancient nation
began to settle in the minds of the entire world. Egypt was, for once
since colonisation, had the opportunity to be on the right side of
history. But wait a moment, will the West allow Egyptians to determine
their own fate according to the rules of their faith and conscience?
Already there are rumours there is something hanky-panky going on.
For starters, we thought the Egyptian interim council might open the
Rafah border that was closed at the behest of Israel-US-EU cartel. But
that didn’t happen. What ‘happened’ was a commitment came from the
military that they will abide by the ‘peace agreement’ with Israel,
which goes to show where the West’s primary concerns lie.
Mohammed Al-Baradei
Then there was talk the US was facilitating Mohammed Al-Baradei to
become President of Egypt. Being an international figure he would have
been a decent candidate for the post, but then talk of him being in
touch with US leaders started doing the rounds. He had supposedly met
with Zbigniew Brezeinski, the unrelenting Zionist, who is also being
credited with the co-authorship of the Plan for the New American Century
(PNAC).
He is on record bragging it was he who was the architect of the
Afghan war, in which America vowed to fight the Russians to the last
Afghan. Now they are getting a taste of their own medicine. Brezeinski,
according to Prof. Francis Arthur Boyle, was trained at Harvard
University along with Henry Kissinger, Samuel Huntington and scores of
other Machiavellian realpolitiquers to manage the US global empire.
It is alleged Baradei had met with George Soros as well. With
‘friends’ like these you can only make enemies at home. So, not
surprisingly, Baradei came in for some rough treatment from his fellow
Egyptians during the constitutional referendum. The flip side of this
episode is that the Egyptians have their eyes on the ball - to use a
sporting parlance.
This brings us to the role of the Muslim brotherhood. For years they
had been demonised and all the hate propaganda against them had
stigmatised the group to a point where it became politically incorrect
to put in a nice word about them. Even their enormous social service
network was described as ‘terrorism’. They were called ‘Islamists’. New
epithets were coined to disparage them at every turn. Even Muslims
unwittingly began to use these propagandist words to describe their
co-religionists without realisng the trap the West’s media had put them
in. The purpose was to demonise any group or individual the West saw as
a nuisance to their hegemony. The word ‘Islamist’ typically refers to a
person who feels Islam could help alleviate the many hardships and
injustices people endure on a daily basis.
They also believe, as all Muslims do whether ‘Islamist’ or not, there
should be an equitable distribution of wealth (‘Banksters’ go into a
blue funk at the very mention of such a concept). But the West’s media
has so drummed the word into the heads of an already mind numbed zombie
like viewers and readers that when they hear the very word they begin to
fear the faith.
The word ‘Islamist’ is so sensationalised that it conjures up images
of terror and havoc. The word ‘socialist’ has just about the same
reaction.
Despite all this nonconstructive ‘crapaganda’, the brotherhood
remains popular among Egyptians in all sections and it’s believed they
will have about forty percent of the share in parliament come voting
time.
The brotherhood must go way out of its way to re-assure the Christian
community that they consider them as an organic component of Egyptian
society. Egyptians’ hearts leapt with joy when Christian and Muslims
joined hands to rid themselves of the scoundrel Hosni Mubarak.
Unfortunately there was an outbreak of violence between Muslims and
Christians and a church was burnt and Copts came out in protest. But
much to the surprise of those in the West and elsewhere, Muslims joined
in these protests in support of their Christian brethren. Egypt’s
history is as rich as it can get and it’s one of the oldest if not the
oldest civilisation in the world. ‘Homer, Lycurgas, Solon Pythagoras and
Plato all went to Egypt to study the sciences, religion and laws’ says
Edward Said in his book ‘Culture and Imperialism’. Later, European
revisionists purged Greek civilisation of its African and Semitic
origins and repackaged it as an exclusive Aryan achievement.
History and hope
Egypt had been the leader of Arab Culture and learning. Al Azhar, the
oldest university in the world, is found in Egypt and as Egyptians make
efforts to regain their lost heritage and prestige, they must be
conscious of the possibilities of a hijacking of their revolution from
outside sources. America, as Noam Chomsky says, can tolerate dictators
and kings as long as they are subservient to the empire.
What they will not tolerate is independence - the likes of which the
Egyptians want for themselves. A case in point is Iran and its contrast
is Bahrain where the ‘servant king’ can do anything to his people and
still be considered a ‘moderate Muslim leader’ as long as he bows down
to the empire. The Egyptians’ Arab sisters and brothers look up to them
with hopes and aspirations for their freedom for which they are now
swarming the streets of Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan and Libya. True, the army
took the side of the people in Egypt, but the very same army can turn
against them if they (the army) begin to get power hungry. |