Advocate abroad while excusing, ignoring and condoning at home

Seriously, I could not help but cringe when I read the latest remarks by the opinionated columnist Nick Kristof. And then there were many that praised him when instead his comments should have come with criticism because he touched every country except his own.

Now I don't condone any wrong doings anywhere in the world, but isn't it only logical and reasonable as well as responsible that if Americans, and Kristof as an American, truly want to uphold the spirit of Mandela, how about Americans start taking a closer look first and foremost at their own back yard. Why no mention to standing on the right side of history at home? 

Americans, read and open your eyes to America's Political Prisoners where “challenging the US imperial order, or merely being disruptive to the dictates of private property, can lead to human disappearance.”

According to an article by Danny Pforte; “They are locked away because their existence is dangerous to the American imperial order.”

According to an article by JB Gerald; "Political prisoners are those currently in American prisons because of their race, religion, political convictions, or care for others. Removed from community because they seek justice for their people, some are branded with inappropriately long sentences and are often in solitary confinement to destroy their beliefs."

Some are falsely charged or unjustly convicted. Others are guilty of their innocence and of caring for others. Their imprisonment reveals points where the people’s conscience and necessity are greater than society’s injustice can sustain. Political prisoners (the status is not officially recognized under North American law) provide a country with its first defense against extremes of injustice, war crimes, crimes against humanity, economic crimes, and genocide. Often these men and women are simply the most articulate and innocent of those society assigns to pay for its faults.

And let's not forget Guantanamo and the degrading treatment and torture of prisoners where many have been held for years without even the universal human right to defend themselves.

As for Israel, let Kristof ask his elected government why US taxpayers have contributed more to the Israeli defense budget than Israeli taxpayers. If Americans want to truly care at all for the Palestinian cause let them ask why American taxpayers give Israel over $3 billion per year (over $8 million per day), more than to any other nation, despite the fact that Israel is smaller than New Jersey and is in the top 30 richest countries in the world. But the answer to that is, despite their democratically elected government, do they actually have a say?

According to Kristof he wants the President to stand in the right side of history? Is that the right side, to call for peace in one hand in some nations, yet arm another?  Is it the right side of history to constantly export and impose what the majority abroad don't want? Is it the right side of history to listen to what you want to hear, but not to what people affected are actually saying?

What has ever been right about America's so called "commemorative" history? What has ever been right when the American people are forced into wars that only benefit corporations? What has ever been right about mass murdering people in their own country? From Vietnam to Sudan, Iraq to Yemen, Nicaragua to Libya, what has ever been an example to follow? 

You only need to look at the trillions of dollars destruction, their foreign interfering policies, their constant bullying brutality abroad, their drone strikes which they term "collateral damage" when innocent women and children are according to them "accidentally" murdered in their own homes even when trying to attempt to start a new life at their own wedding.

Americans need to ask themselves, which nation or people apart from America and some of their western allies have ever droned or even attempted to interfere in the United States that are on the United States daily drone watch that are innocent that you call a "threat list"? Since when have weddings and babies been a threat to the security of the United States of America?

I will use this quote as much as I wish, until I get the message across and some in particular may not like it and some constantly eat away at themselves silently whispering on the ground, condemning my voice that those who cannot think for themselves believe - but then we are in the era where I hold no more expectations as the ones who speak the truth are referred to as a lie and the ones that lie are referred to as the truth- but they will never silence me and mark my words they will always try.

So watch and listen and in the words of Clinton here "I think it’s important to recognize that back when the streets of Arab cities were quiet, the National Democratic Institute was already on the ground, building relationships, supporting the voices that would turn a long Arab winter into a new Arab Spring."

Ask yourselves what the National Democratic Institute was doing already on the ground, building relationships when in reality there was no Arab winter but in reality a once Arabian spring. It may not be a spring that American's or the West understand or love, but it was a spring that they had no rights to churn and turn into chaos. 

One cannot deny that there are political prisoners all over the world. There isn't one country that I have researched that doesn't have at least a dozen. However, there is a difference between the United States and the non western world world and that is that they don't interfere. 

And then there is another fact that many columnists and journalists fail to address and that is who are these so called termed "political prisoners" that America has so much vested interest in? What is the role America has played in the world today and would there have been any political prisoners in the first place had institutions and corporations as well as rich individuals not encouraged as well as financed them in the first place?

In the name of the United States constant exportation of a facade they term democracy.

Is it worth it? Is it worth body bags sent home for wars in the name of greed and control? Is it worth losing a brother or a sister in the name of a democratic facade they wish to export abroad yet doesn't exist at home. 

Why doesn't Kristof ask why the very people he calls to advocate for political prisoners abroad, and in particular his very own government, who outwardly plea for peace and world stability while inwardly, they are the inventors, builders and developers of weapons of mass destruction that they market so heavily and sell to the world to advocate for their own. Did anyone ever stop to think that they are the ones that first make weapons in order to use and sell them and then condemn the use of it? 

If Americans want to truly uphold the spirit of Mandela then start advocating the condemnation of weapons factories and start questioning your own "political prisoners" held in the United States without even a charge, based on assumption and allegations and mass propaganda.

If Americans and if the people want to uphold any legitimacy abroad, then ask your government and their corporation controlled paid lobbies to stop their war waging attempts to wreak havoc and chaos in the Middle East and North Africa as well as the rest of the world.

Why is it that columnists always need to uphold the spirit of someone and claim a need to really honour anyone in order to advocate for everyone else but their own and only do so when they need to criticize others yet forget to look closer to home? Why should they fail to speak up and only do so hypocritically when advantageous to rise to the ranks by condemning abroad what they excuse, ignore and condone at home. 

Ignorance will never enable any solution

"If He should surely save us from this[crisis], we will surely be among the thankful."[6:63]
 

What is happening is neither hypothetical nor theoretical anymore. It is happening. Now the question is what are we doing about it? If certain entities due to their pride or lack of admissions to their mistakes continue to remain silent, then the whole nation is at a loss. It seems that to this date we find it difficult to do anything. The big question is why?  

The Bahrain government cannot continue to avoid the situation however, besides the government, it is the duty of every moral citizen to stand up and demand a resolution and an end to any external interference before we reach a point of no return.

Here is how it really is in Bahrain. The King called for dialogue. The main participants of the dialogue are supposed to be opposition political groups from both pro and antigovernment backgrounds, civil society, NGO's etc.

I will put this in simple terms for those who do not understand and have a habit of twisting my words in order to suit themselves. The main purpose of the dialogue is supposed to be amongst the citizens of Bahrain via their representatives in order to agree on a consensus which would be presented to the government who accordingly agreed to study the demands, as stated once reached, and come to a compromise  and agreement according to the consensus.

However and simply, and as the international media portrays only one side, opposition anti government groups decided that they don't want to include anyone in the dialogue to reach a consensus which would be presented and instead like the international media (and unfortunately foreign governments) constantly failed to recognize anyone with an opposing opinion and purposely  labeled them as the government in order to continue to treat them as if they don’t exist.

Do they or the international media assume that a solution will be sought or a consensus drawn by ignorance of the existence of people relatively equal in numbers to that of the opposition they support?

This refusal to acknowledge anyone that differs from their view and labeling them as government-in order to avoid any other presence except their own- like the international media did and continues to do, will never enable any solution.

I am sorry, but thousands demand a voice and rights, we do exist whether you like to admit or not , and via the representatives we choose, just like opposition groups , we have the right to air our voice and be participants in any discussion regarding every Bahrainis future.

To the labeled “Islamic” political groups, why do you continue to complain to people that should not have relevance in our internal affairs? By doing so, you reveal all our weaknesses, vulnerability and psychological defeat. Mark my words, their will be no beneficiary.

Say, “It is Allah who saves you from it and from every distress”[6:64] not the south, not the west, not the north and not the east.

We can either continue to eliminate and be ignorant to one another, which is inhumane, or deal with our differences and establish a consensus amongst ourselves and forward it for a solution. May I add, that for once, without external entities constant interference.

 

I think, I have said enough

Over the past few years I think I have said enough about the way the west works, their dictating hypocrisy, what I call their pre-arranged marriage without popular consent to our part of the world. It seems binding because we just cannot break free and they wouldn't let us anyway. But they are not really to blame, the reasons is us. While our descendants thrived upon the birth of Islam we have fallen behind due to our short comings when it comes to preparation and more importantly when it comes to our faith. In the past, our descendants would prepare themselves and then put all their faith in God, numbers or weapons didn't matter. These days our deity lies in what is in the name of western wants and today we aren't prepared as our faith is in coffee shops. Our concerns in the latest shisha flavors is of more importance while watching what we call Arab talent- a singing contest-while the rest of the world does that but also has intellectuals working twenty four seven to secure themselves, while we whine away on our woes.

As for their constant talks of peace while we live life from cradle to grave on our toes, we wait and plead for them to be in condemnation  of wrongful acts while in fact they are condoning the chaos at the comfort across the seas and, as we know, they are part of the cause. However, we are more at fault because we allow them, because anyone with any knowledge should know that nobody can penetrate or break down one's doors if they were secure. Just looking around the region  which proves that while we have been listening to talks of peace for decades they have steadily placed themselves everywhere and instead of a cure quite the opposite is happening, just like cancer.

 

I doubt I will address their policies or anything to do with them for sometime because nobody is really listening and it is literally pointless to go on when there are so many articles out there that people just don't read and even if they do, they never respond to the ones of importance. When they do it is with very little logic as if a five year old prepared an essay.

I no longer concern myself with the United States constant rhetoric of their never ending democracy promotion (which is in the name of their and only their interests) after which they raise eyebrows on their concerns for the population once an uprising has been achieved, however in reality it is not democracy that they are concerned with, but control. Look around the globe where a US navy base is stationed in nearly every port, if peace was in mind then ask yourselves ..why are they then armed?

They say and we say because there is a threat. But what is the threat? If we look at the reality of the situation it goes something, in a short parable form,like this...

Imagine there were two neighbors and like normal neighbors sometimes you get on like a house on fire, sometimes you squabble over petty things and sometimes you are the best of friends. One day one neighbor decides to invite a stranger to stay in his house. Now everyday that stranger throws stones at the house next door, intimidating and then threatening them. If you were the one feeling this threat and intimidation, what would you do? Now look at the situation in the Gulf. Who are the neighbors and who is the stranger and who is really causing the harm and discord? And who is the benefactor of our disputes? Why can't we handle these disputes on our own? We had the capability in the past and until when will we be so reliant on people who are slowly aiding both of the neighbors very destruction with our knowledge and our money?

It is time that the pretense stops and that we admit that this is where we stand today. Our past that was once enriched without the need of such protection as we were the protector, our past that flourished in the advent of Islam from the deserts to the seas. We were once in control. Today what is happening around us is and has never been in the name of anything consciously correct. The question is, how will we free ourselves? Well the answer is pretty clear and that is only when we have a full understanding of the meaning of unity.

Once my readers understand this, it should be time to move on and start bettering ourselves and building on what we can do in order to achieve this. We know by now the who, the why and now is what do we do about it?  Do we allow them to pave our future or do we place whatever is left of our future in our own hands? But first, before we can do anything about it we have to look at ourselves and better ourselves. First within our homes after which we take it to our communities, and then around the world... as we did before.

The United States and the west in general don't and have never cared for the population be it a majority or a minority(so let’s not discuss this anymore as it doesn’t matter) and as long as the population is under control (which it is) you won't hear a peep just the odd concern as well as same old rhetoric here or there. So don't waste your time looking too much into their propaganda of morality because that's all it is. If they themselves had an ounce of morality they would live and let live, and not just refer to human lives as mistaken identity or unfortunate collateral damage, although in this current day and age, we would survive and they wouldn't due to their reliance and constant need of our resources because they simply have done that for decades and have lost their humanity on how to reach the center of the village with ease.

We can be as angry as we like with their constant interference but facts are that they don't care what the average you or I think or assume. For those worried about the media generated new alliance with Iran and the nuclear program, don't be. It would be very far from the US or western interests to have any kind of threat to their foreign controlling policy of the region and that must be something that we in the Arab world should learn to comprehend.

A nuclear Iran would mean that the US would  eventually lose control of the region. They won't admit to this, but it is a fact. The US would prefer we went to war with each other, or wreak chaos and havoc amongst ourselves rather than to wage a war with their involvement in which they use it as a resort only when their interests are at risk, not ours. Just remember what happened with the democratically elected Mossadegh in Iran, doesn't that tell you enough?

The American government and sometimes the American people often question why they are hated, to both I say, look at your foreign control policy. Why don't you speak up? Look with two eyes at the world and what foreign policy has done to people thousands of miles away and imagine being murdered in your homes just because it suits the American agenda. None of it was in the interest of the families that lie in their graves. We have been unfortunate to be born in such an era and if we don't do anything about it, will leave future generations no better than where we left off.

Now whatever I say won't change a thing-although I hope some independent minds will flourish- so there is no need to troll my time line or to object to what I say. The world won't change, foreign policy won't budge, people's tongues will remain tied, and that is a fact whether you want to believe it or not. I am just a person who is not supposed to have an independent opinion and that's why they label any independent mind as paid in order to crush any legitimate voice that speaks out. I am one of many annoyances to how they want the world to perceive things. Independent thoughts and minds should not be silenced but recognized; they should not be shunned, but encouraged. In the case of governments, it should be applauded in order to allow constructive criticism that will benefit all.

For those who agree with the policies just look at the past and present and the destructive developments they pursue in the Middle East, North Africa and around the world and then ask yourselves, is this in the interests of humanity or in the interests of their governance of the region? Generations have suffered from the hands of foreign policy. In the last century wars have engulfed us with uprisings that have left a bloodied stench not only in the region but across the world.

Unity

There is a very famous parable that I would like to share with a strong interpretation which I will explain. Maybe some of my readers know this story already, but I have been sharing this with my friends and members of family who heard it for the first time.

There were four Cows, one of them was white and the other three were black. They used to live in a dangerous area surrounded by wolves. The way they protected themselves was that they were always together, they would stick together, watch out for each other, everyone was keeping an attentive eye, and they survived, even though the area was surrounded by wild beasts. But the three black cows had a meeting one day and they decided that the reason for the constant dangers they faced was because the white cow was giving them away. “When we try to hide at night, because we are black no one can see us, but the enemy is able to see the white cow, so why don’t we just let him go? The three of us will be together and let’s just let the white cow go away because he is just too much trouble.” So from that day on, the three black cows would be on one side and the poor white cow is alone. Basically, in today’s terms, they boycotted the white cow.

Now the wolf is very intelligent. He was able to detect the disunity that was amongst these cows. So he made his move and he attacked the white cow, and while he was devouring his flesh, the three black cows were doing nothing. They were watching, while their brother was being torn into pieces. However, the following night, the wolf attacked the three black cows. Why? Because now there was one cow short. So they were not as strong as they were the day before. Because they had let down their brother the white cow, the wolf was able to easily attack them and was able to snatch away one of the black cows.

So now there were only two cows left. So again, the following night, it was an even easier thing for the wolf because only two were left, there was little defense, so he ate one of them. On the final night there was only one cow left and the cow was trying frantically to run away from the wolf, but by now the cow had no supporters and no helpers. So the wolf pursued it with confidence and he knew this cow will get tired and fall down eventually and that there was nothing the cow could do. There was nobody to help him, so the wolf was walking around very happily with confidence, and eventually he pounced on the cow and grabbed him by the neck.
While he did that, the cow was pronouncing his last words in which he made a very important statement, a statement that is a great lesson that we can learn from. This black cow said, (while he was dying),”I was eaten, the day the white cow was eaten. I had signed on my execution form, the day I allowed the white cow to be eaten, that’s when I really died. I didn’t die now, I didn’t die today. I died when I allowed the wolf to eat the white cow”-I have written it as shared by the late Imam Anwar al-Awlaki(RH).

How does that fit into todays world you may ask? If you haven't read between the lines then you have a lot to learn. Just look at the last century where we have stood by and watched one Muslim nation fall after another, and despite that we are still watching, sitting back, doing nothing. And when we are not watching others fall, we are silent while we ourselves are falling.

When Palestine was taken, we did nothing, and after that it didn't take long to see one nation after another falling into problems. Kashmir, Chechnya,  Afghanistan, the Muslims in the Philippines, Burma, Iraq, Syria, Yemen just to name a few and the Ummah is doing nothing. I often ask myself if an Ummah still exists and if it does, where is the voice and actions? We are supposed to be more than one billion strong. So where is our say? Who speaks on our behalf? The Ummah even in recent times just watched while Iraq was devoured and today our brothers and sisters in Syria and many parts not news to the mass media are paying a very heavy price.
 

For those who think it will end there...they are mistaken. It's not going to end there, because it's going to spill over to other countries and only Allah(SWT) knows who is next. So like the story  of the cow those nations weren't taken today, they were taken along time ago. When we allowed a Muslim nation to fall down, we have allowed the same thing to happen to each and every one of us.

We often talk about unity yet do little about uniting. It is not in a word, or a picture, a symbol or an con you stick on your social media profile. Unity is only unity when it becomes a real action. The problem is how many of us today understand that? We live in strange times where symbols take precedence over substance. Look at our places of worship. If that is not enough for those who cannot see, then what is? Without substance what is the use of all these symbols? Haven't we been warned?

Daily I hear all talk about the importance of having unity yet what do we do to really achieve it? From where I'm standing all I can see is that we wait for those who have been the driving force of our destruction to speak on our behalf while we sit silently allowing them to do so. We have established who and by now we should understand why, and the real question is what are we going to do about it? How long are we going to remain disunited? What does it take for us to stick together and work as one? All of us know that we cannot make it alone.

 

We need to first comprehend that none of us are the same and everyone has their own specialties and that we should not be competing but supporting those better than us. If we are aiming to have unity in terms of just having one group with all the same thoughts, same abilities that would first be impossible as we would all compete plus we should not fail to recognize that we cannot have unity if we abandon those who aren't the same or don't fit into our approach. We should all be working at different things as we all have short comings and deficiencies in each and every area.

People have different abilities. Some people make good scholars, some people make good Imams, some people make good teachers, doctors, lawyers and some people make a good advisor. People are different. Some people are good at doing work and not so good when it comes to speaking or theory, they are good at doing the daily work that we need. Everybody should be fulfilling a role and acting upon it. And we need to learn again how to appreciate them and assist them.

 

Unity is not just uniting once in a while then going home as if you did something for a few hours once in the year. Unity is working at it everyday. Unity is not watching them fall because you are sitting in a comfortable position. Ask yourself, if you allow them to fall, who will speak up for you? We all know there are those working behind a domino affect on our destruction and yet some still allow them.

 

Unity is when you extend your hand and when your brother or sister is in need, you jump to help them, that is Unity. Is that too difficult..

Need I go on..

In a recent article I wrote Democracy what a demonic way it seems some people who identify themselves as human beings cannot comprehend the meaning of the term and the death and destruction all in the name. What is more demonic then promoting your ideals at the cost of thousands of lives? Instead of admitting their mistakes they prefer that I am silenced. Is that the democracy they are promoting? Silencing anyone that disagrees with their view? Is my view extreme or a reality they should deal with and be honest about for a change.
Before I go on I will first suggest an excellent read, for those who believe that the democracy façade is pure and insist on promotion.. written in 2005 In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond.

The book is a riveting documentary anthology that examines a deeply disturbing question: Is the United States guilty of war crimes in Iraq?
"Until recently, the possibility that the United States was responsible for war crimes seemed unthinkable to most Americans. But as previously suppressed information has started to emerge—photographs from Abu Ghraib; accounts of U.S. attacks on Iraqi hospitals, mosques, and residential neighborhoods; secret government reports defending unilateral aggression—Americans have begun an agonizing reappraisal of the Iraq war and the way in which their government has conducted it. Drawing on a wide range of documents—from the protocols of the Geneva Convention to FBI e-mails about prisoners held in Guantánamo Bay to executive-branch papers justifying the circumvention of international law—In the Name of Democracy examines the legality of the Iraq war and the occupation that followed. Included in this powerful investigation are eyewitness accounts, victim testimonials, statements by soldiers turned resisters and whistle-blowers, interviews with intelligence insiders, and contributions by Mark Danner and Seymour Hersh. The result is a controversial, chilling anthology that explores the culpability of officials as well as the responsibilities of ordinary citizens, and for the first time squarely confronts the matter of American impunity." I suggest those who don't understand what actually has occurred in the name of democracy, should read.
Looking at the United States and their allies in crimes since World War I, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States have dominated the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf region and its oil resources. This has been accomplished by military conquest and coercion, economic control and exploitation and through surrogate governments and their military forces.Thus, from 1953 to 1979 in the post World War II era, control over the region was exercised primarily through U.S. influence and control over the Gulf sheikdoms of Saudi Arabia and through the Shah of Iran. You can read more here.
For anyone who believes in the democratic façade ask yourselves if in reality installing or promoting a democracy was the real concern then a step back in Iran’s history proves otherwise.
In 1951, Dr Mohammad Mossadegh was nominated for the position of Prime Minister where he had won 90 percent of the votes. By January 1952 he was named “Man of the year” by Times magazine. As a leader of Iran, Mossadegh sponsored laws for a clean government, independent court systems and he defended freedom of religion, political affiliations and promoted free elections. He implemented many social reforms and fought for rights of women, workers and peasants Following Iran’s oil nationalization under Mossadegh, an unhappy Britain, undermined Mossadeghs’ authority by inciting division in the country, tightening the worldwide embargo on the purchase of Iranian Oil, freezing Iranian assets and threatening Iran with invasion by amassing a Naval force in the Gulf.
When all attempts failed, Britain concluded, "Mossadegh must go" despite the fact that he was democratically elected. Working jointly with the American CIA, they plotted a coup to overthrow his democratically elected government. On August 15th, 1953 with the participation of the Shah and Iranian collaborators and CIA drafted plan "Operation Ajax" went into action however failed.
By the 19th of August, 1953, the violent over throw of Mossadegh and the government was accomplished. He was tried as a traitor in a military court and on the 19th of December, 1953 he pronounced:
"Yes my sin- my greater sin.. And even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran's oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world's greatest empire...This is at the cost to myself, my family; and at the risk of losing my life, my honor and my property... With God's blessing and the will of the people, I fought this savage and dreadful system of international espionage and colonialism. I am well aware that my fate must serve as an example in future throughout the Middle East in breaking the chains of slavery and servitude to colonial interests". Mossadegh was convicted of treason for serving his country and not Western interests

And for those still not in the "loop" and turn a blind eye to their own country's crimes note the destruction and despair all in the name of democracy from Vietnam to Afghanistan.

Need I go on.....

 

Just My Views, get over it, if you can...

Someone recently sent me a tweet on act instead of react. Well I have been acting for the past three years although some people locally don't like that including individual expats - you can read my main blog which I will add no more articles to, at this time, as it's time to move on in order for people to understand that it was only my views and just my views. Get over it if you can... So for those who read this, note well and in order to relieve some who can't stand my blog and would love it shut down, it was not in any sense Bahrain's Views but my views. There are millions of blogs world wide and one voice in an ocean shouldn't be of concern and seeing that those who are against what I write are supposedly marketing democracy and freedom of speech, may I have my freedom of opinion?

When the mass media is not willing to listen or to address another view, we have to act and speak up for ourselves, we don't surrender after all we are not puppets unlike some. However it is a view which was similar to many Bahrainis who could not speak up or write how they felt or were affected. After having reached my target which is more than two million readers worldwide, I decided its time to move on and time to set the record straight and if anyone is being bankrolled on my expense it has to end.
When you fight for truth and for your nation as well as your beliefs you don't put a price on it and it has to come from the heart as an obligation.

The most amusing part when writing in such a blog with a title such as Bahrain Views meant that the first fifteen people to read, whenever I would post something at any ludicrous time, would be those from Washington DC and Virginia. I cannot think what importance my blog or opinion was to them to keep a 24 hour watch on my site. Anyway, to capital hill and my readers in the Pentagon, yes, I could see who was watching and you can sleep now although the blog will still be up for all, including yourselves, to read when you want to flash back in time and try to figure what went wrong, except I won't be adding anything more at least not at the moment. But don't worry fella's you can keep an eye on me here.

Anyway, drum roll ....

The Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain bought it to my attention despite my recent ignorance as well as silence and it seems see me as an online plague. So much for democracy they seem to want to implement, kind of ironic don't you think. But then for such a huge name their team is made up of one Bahraini and the rest well, you can go and look for yourself. Much to my amusement they have forgotten the facts that I haven't been writing much on Bahrain Views lately apart from the odd article as I don't have time and seriously can't be bothered to retaliate or respond to such riffraff. Regardless,I still made it to the 2013 Freedom house report yet again, you can read all about that here. A message to the ignoramuses, I simply don't care what you have to say or how you see it because I live it and as for you ...you live half way across the world and speak on my behalf without my consent and my country and I'm the paid PR.... please.

In all honesty although I was angry with them when their 2012 report came out with my blog's name, this year I seriously and simply don't give a damn. Who are they?  Who is Freedom House? In my opinion a bunch of nobodies wanting to be somebody in a well rehearsed agenda that failed yet are insistent in trying to make it work. However as a good person, I also have to thank them as I received more subscribers via my RSS feed which will add value.
If anything, I think what was more upsetting was the Bahrain governments silence about the fact that if any money was being paid it was being paid by me besides my time and efforts to try to relay another view to the "freedom of speech, democratic world"....
Freedom House proves to be a farce once again with their failure to research or even respond. As for the plague online read here and here and then look at my sites timeline here and those who claim I am a plague their timeline can be seen here and then decide.

Democracy, what a demonic way..

Who other than the involved knew that in 2011 Bahrain was about to encounter a well-planned guided uprising, so guided to the extent that even the location was discussed months (perhaps even years) before by diplomats stationed in the American Embassy with members of the community that they pried upon for support by heavily engaging those you see today on social media with their democratic propaganda facade and which while some had sold their soul with others they were not so successful. And then there were the rest that they never counted for, that didn't exist in their miscalculations. 

The embassy staff had their orders and their sights set on engaging locals in order to fulfill the planned coup. Before you go out and discuss what's the source or who is she kidding, which you will, I know the source personally and this information was relayed however to date I have not heard a word from anyone regarding this and it's not my job to pry into national security matters as they have the information and it's up to them to do what they want with it. It is not my job to share information with rampant idiots from the opposition and their western cronies on the antisocial media. If diplomatic silence is what they prefer, then so be it. I had to just make a point of what I know so my readers can see that I know more than many, naming those involved will add no value whatsoever. What really matters is the outcome and that was failure.

Again and I constantly like to air this particular comment from Hillary Clinton that many who condemn the Arab and Islamic world fail to recognize or repeat; 

"I think it’s important to recognize that back when the streets of Arab cities were quiet, the National Democratic Institute was already on the ground, building relationships, supporting the voices that would turn a long Arab winter into a new Arab Spring. Now, we may not know where and when brave people will claim their rights next, but it’s a safe bet that NDI is there now, because freedom knows no better champion. More than a quarter-century old, NDI and its siblings in the National Endowment for Democracy family have become vital elements of America’s engagement with the world." Watch and listen here.

The one thing that I fail to comprehend is how anyone who calls themselves a citizen of any country or any faith would be willing to sell themselves so easily and how they would expect anyone to trust them on any matter (including those who helped them) when such a position of treachery affecting not only their country but also their faith and their brothers and sisters would mean nothing to them. How would such people allow external interference in internal affairs in order for selfish gains? How could anyone with the right frame and with any sanity trust them again.

The uprising would be led by Al Wefaq due to their strong spiritual non Islamic leadership - the reasons I state non Islamic is because anyone who has any Islamic identity and real faith would reject democracy. Anyone with a little intelligence and a little knowledge about Islam would know that democracy is a western system that was founded and developed in the west. Today the west, not the Arabs or the Muslims, have full authority and right to tell the world what democracy is and how it should be practiced and implemented.

Memories will never fade from the days we were plunged into well-rehearsed staged revolt. if only there was more local transparency. Maybe we could have been more prepared, maybe the initial mistakes would not have been made. But then I can dwell on what if's for the rest of my life. 2011 should have been a warning. Not everything was what it seemed, but then we were not put on this earth to embrace life, but to prepare for death.  While people like me struggled we never felt the need to stage a rally to protest, we just worked harder in order to try and achieve some small success whatever that would be.

Can't you see that the west in its war against the Arab world is in fact in reality against Islam and is offering the democratic system as an alternative to Sharia? Democracy is opposed to Islam and any real Islamic scholar will tell you that. How long are we going to sit around and allow this mockery? Is it any wonder that the United Kingdom the European Union and the United States spend millions in intelligence? Is it any wonder that the west spends trillions sending their armies across the world so they get a foot hold in Arab and Muslim lands? And let's not forget their virtual army. Is it any wonder that they even hatch divisions among Muslims themselves and we sit and watch nodding as if in agreement. 

If a man made representative democracy could have been established in 2011 who other than Al Wefaq would eventually win? Why? Well first they had a deal with their backers and secondly because they knew that the rest of civil society at the time were dormant in the political arena and had never encountered nor suspected such an extreme attack on a once multi-acceptable ethnic nation where we lived in what we thought was harmonious and were oblivious to what was about to occur. I for one had no knowledge of the political unrest about to occur at the time and only found out via a dear friend of mine who had popped in to my office to bid me farewell and to warn me about what was about to occur. An expat had more knowledge about my country then me.

Despite the failure the west has not backed down yet and are still adamant, the Project on Middle East Democracy  still has too much to say despite their own economies crashing, their own citizens neglected and abused they still insist on exporting their deceptive "Utopia".

Democracy, what a demonic way to keep you all busy. Debating, arguing, who you should vote for. It is a facade and the truth of the matter is with democracy that whichever candidate you vote for, neither one actually benefits you. So, what does that "democratic" vote actually achieve? A lesser of two evils? Even that would be an achievement. Democracy is an UN-Islamic system, therefore why are people that call themselves Muslims protesting for it? Why have they not put such an effort instead into re-establishing Islam and Sharia law. 

Our nations were built and our civilization thrived on the advent of Islam. The greatest nations of Islam raised up for mankind from the Arab world has to realize the obligation to stand up and put an end to this injustice. We should be using our own intellects and homemade institutions to deal with problem solving our needs and stop relying on the west. Haven't we learned anything yet?  We fail to look through a collective lens in order to view each other as the friend and prefer instead to refer to one another as the enemy. In the process we become our own enemy punishing one another's legitimate opinions while condoning those who don't represent us with their western style imagination of Utopia while rewarding them in the process for their falsehood which establishes a common hate internally. We discuss matters with those that don't matter and are not concerned while ignorant towards those who are entitled to transparency and clarity.

The American embassies job was to rally support from members of the community that were known to them or understood by them to be moderates or secular from different sects and social opinions other than just Al Wefaq. Anyone that could stir a crowd, anyone that could lead the masses. It didn't really matter who, provided they would get the job done, the results however as we can all see resulted in absolute anarchy and America has shied away as per their usual "who dunnit" and let us help you dialogue and peace blah blah blah. The only thing that they did semi succeed in is the constant chaos we have to face and perhaps that was the actual final results they anticipated and initiated. How else do you keep people ignorant to what is occurring unless you keep them busy. When people look in one direction, they forget that this is a smoke screen. 

The memory is still quite clear in my mind. I don't know whether my friend ever made it as he, like many, went back to Egypt following the uprisings prior to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. His farewell and warning echoes every now and again when I am in solitude. I cannot be sure whether it was a farewell marking the end of my days or a goodbye marking his. I never heard from him again but he and his family are always in my thoughts and prayers. I often wonder what if the uprising went as planned. Where would we all be today? What kind of state would the entire country be in if things went according to their plan? You only have to look at Iraq to understand where we would be had they been successful. 

The obstacles we face however are also deep rooted among ourselves and the most difficult current situation that we face is where people are not ready to comprehend or even try to understand what is actually occurring around them and the reasons why. First as Arabs we have some issues where we don't work collectively and instead work individually in order to promote our own concepts, our own ideology and our own understanding of the way we see things through an individual lens. We are very judgmental of our own brothers and sisters while we barely look beyond the tip of our own nose. 

The irony in all this is that while the west has a PhD in collateral murder, plundering, oppressing and looting. When have they ever been held accountable? Their other distinction comes with the demoralization of the Arab and Islamic world. So why do they insist on judging us when they have the worst state of affairs that has not only demonized the Arab and Islamic world but the entire Globe.

The west and in particular the American administration have revealed their cunning hideous policies towards the Arab and in particular the Islamic world on many occasions with their bad intentions and manipulation of human rights. They disclaim them from humanitarian basics that they always speak about and announce their support for as they work on spreading mayhem in the world. They use human rights organizations that they heavily sponsor, including the self styled United Nations as well as the Security Council to disclaim from all humanity values and international principles of human rights in order to serve their cunning, malicious schemes against countries and people of the Arab and Islamic world, to achieve their plan to divide and break our countries and  stir religious, sectarian, racist strife under their antenna and complete control of the Middle East. The west and in particular America should read history and understand that just like empires before them (so for those who fear them and assist them let them know that they should only fear God Almighty and you have been warned, that if you turn to them in alliance, you are no longer one of us) that the ruins of past civilizations are left behind for a reason.

Spare a thought for the innocent

 

 

In the modern termed world, there is no such thing as a properly implemented human right. If there was then everyone ought to be held accountable to the human wrongs that occur on a daily basis not just in my society but in every society in every corner around the world. Those who disagree with the prominent termed defenders are held accountable to that and those who agree are protected. I don’t need to give examples on that, look it up and do your research, you will be sure to find thousands.

 

Picking and choosing who to condone or condemn is very far from the actual definition which is the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before their man-made laws.  I used to believe that that was the case regardless of one’s stance however that is very far from the truth. Human rights labeled defenders proved that the definition is not applicable to all but to some and it came to my attention ever since the Bahrain 2011 uprisings that still to date shocked our nation.

 

Human rights defenders who are supposed to be defending my rights and rights for all instead pursued and still pursue attempts to constantly label anyone who disagrees with them in any way and consciously discredit anyone not interested with their marketing of the democratic façade and ironically enough most of them come from backgrounds of democracy spouting western in reality non-democratic societies. By doing so they proved their bias and lack of a fair trial and allegations became condemnations with no justice towards any view other than the one they were ordered to stand by. The democracy they media frenzy and disseminate is basically 51% dictatorship on the 49%, full stop.

 

Numerous abuses were never circulated or condemned that was not connected to their agenda. The case of many they termed pro government or loyalists despite the abuses and attacks from their nurtured opposition alliances to date have never been spoken nor written about.

 

A question to those whose ignorance amuses me, does loyalty mean that I am no longer a human being? Does loyalty to what I believe in mean that I am no longer recognized like everyone else? Have I lost my humanity when I stand up for what I believe in? And what about the ones they defend and to whom they are actually loyal to? Is it acceptable for them to have their loyalties to the opposition as an example Al Wefaq and for me its' a crime? 

 

What gives them authority to decide what I should or shouldn’t support. What gives them the right to decide what is right or wrong?  Most mainly as outsiders mock my views however I have become immune and just as ignorant to theirs. Desensitizing works in all forms. What gives them the right to say that they know what’s best for me and my family when they never even asked my opinion in the first place? I can raise a thousand questions that will be left unanswered and fallen on the mute.

 

The declaration of human rights means human rights for all not for some and in that case it’s obsolete if only applied for the chosen few.

 

Sorry, but I can do nothing but stand back and watch while reading wondering how idiotic and ironic Al Wefaq looks today. Remember the truth of their lie? Well if you have missed it, then you can read all about that right here.

 

Remember this constant picture disseminated by Al Wefaq raised by the mass media in your minds that goes out on a daily basis

 

 

Here’s the video that Al Wefaq marketed and still stand by as a horrifying scene and it’s still out there and being used constantly in many of their reports  

 

 

 And here is an image from another angle by another you tube user

 

Although teargas should not be directly fired upon anyone it was irresponsible and damaging to portray a scene that went around the world in a matter of minutes that showed an image that was not entirely true. Here is another video that should have been included however damage is already done and false information in this day and age never has a habit of being retracted.

 

 

 

 

As for their human rights team behind them they are no more than a façade of impressions with great acting skills from the best trainers in the world. Had I had the opportunity to receive such training I would have won the Oscars by now.

 

They have had time on their hands while many of us were unaware of what was occurring around us. Remember the highly critical false critical yet to be retracted. Common human rights defenders where were you then? Is it “prominent” to lie?

 

Where were their voices in 2011 when children rampaged on the streets skiving off school every morning with a teacher in tow as if in command?

 

 

Where were they when children were not provided with medical care because they were not considered Bahraini or from a particular sect?

 

 

 

The world’s sudden concern for children being arrested and denied an education as well as health care was of no concern when children during the occupation of Salmaniya hospital were turned away and only raised when children who went out to block and burn roads while throwing Molotov's at civilian cars in an attempt to murder policemen and in the process a few innocent bystanders.

 

 

Their sudden concerns make me laugh for an education while in 2011 schools were attacked and shut down and education came to a standstill. The dark days when public and even private school children were told to go home or were threatened if they went to school even by their school teachers - in my children's case by teachers that were staunch supporters of Al Wefaq and some of them were leaders. Those very teachers that shunned 5 and 6 year olds are back at school teaching today. I wonder how those human rights defenders would feel if those were their kids who were shunned at school and how quick they would be to defend them. But then if they haven't been affected by such experience how would they understand.

 

I remember being ushered away and told that school was closed. One of my children who attends the public sector girls school grade point average fell from 98.5 to 86 that year. I won’t forget what that did to her esteem and to her outlook on life today.  The uprising human right termed defenders like to glorify harm to others while assuming they are protecting or defending where in fact they are destroying.

 

I remember a call from the schools social workers office crying to come and get her quickly as protesters had attacked the school and the girls had to hide in the school gym. Panicked I made my way on that day while Manama was left at a standstill. I was frantic to reach there on time and drove like a maniac. Schools were closed for a number of weeks and exams were on the way. So where were you  glorified human right defenders? Where was UNICEF? Where was Amnesty International? Why did our children hold no value to you whereas a teenager who commits a crime does?

I remember when my youngest child still in year 1 and just half an hour after dropping him off to school I was called to come and collect  him because Al Wefaq decided to stage a rally near his school. So to tell me that those who had no involvement nor cared to be involved and were denied even the rights of a basic education for our children fell on silent ears was ok but a child who terrorizes others is condoned and his basic right condemned is a farce.

 

For those who are unaware they do have an education and it's free of charge yet they don't want to study.  Anyone that wants to excel in life needs no more than a good education and the will power and determination to see it through.  There are no barriers when it comes to determination. And for those who are unaware juveniles are given an education regardless of what crimes they commit even while in detention.

 

What days we went through. The memories come flooding in and that is just the tip of the iceberg. The tip does not relate to what lurks underneath.

Did Al Wefaq and their allies their defenders of humanity care when school kids were driven back and forth as soon as they were dropped off to school to attend the daily rallies at the round about? Shuttled back and forth like sheep on the back of pickup trucks and in some cases by the very school bus driver who diverted their direction away from innocence.

Where were they then to condemn and pretend to be concerned today? Where were they to speak up and tell children that this is wrong?  What did they have to say when their supporters refused to teach 6 year olds at school who directed their aggression on children? Nothing at all.

Spare a thought for the innocent that did not call for this uprising and for the young who are abused. Spare a thought for the innocent that had no idea what was going on around them. Spare a thought for the innocent who knew nothing of what was about to occur and spare a thought for innocent children who were dragged into a revolution that world leaders today should stand by in condemnation of.