The Gaza Genocide is over. As I predicted Israel will leave Gaza empty handed,(http://www.africanpublicpoet.blogspot.com/2009/01/gaza.html) they have -oh sorry they left with their hands with blood soiled hands-and Arab moderates have lost their face. Shame!
Obama has been inaugurated. Congratulations Mr Obama, I wish you success, good health and the will power to stand for change-positive change.
Many in the Arab World are not happy that in his inaugural speech, Obama did not talk about the Gaza Genocide. Why should any one be annoyed? The truth is American policy in the Middle East will not change to favour the Arab world. Even if it will, this is not the time.
Why? Because the Arabs are sleeping and snoring and above all deceiving themselves and shying away from their responsibility. America is unfortunately under siege. Americans cannot change America. You have probably seen how powerful people like Israel’s Olmert are. Remember how he literarily instructs BUSH on the UN resolution issue and how RICE abstains. Isn’t that a shame for Americans and those who are waiting for a CHANGE.
The only thing that will change American policy in the Middle East is for the Arabs to change their shameful attitude of waiting for other people to change their awful situation. They must face the challenge of Zionism. They don’t have to use military weapons to fight their way and help Palestinians to get their State and help the Muslim world to have a focus. They have many bottoms to touch if they desired doing so. They must abandon Arabism because it has failed them and will always fail them.
Wake up and face the challenge, let Obama face the dwindling US economy.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Gaza: Why Arabian Monarchs and Emperors Keep Silent!
Dear Arabian Monarchs and Emperors,
This is a very short letter. It is just to tell you that you have disgracefully abandoned your responsibility to protect unarmed civilians from Israeli war machine in Gaza. We can understand your silence and inaction. We can understand your reliance on the UN, a robot organization in the hands of world oppressors. You are fully aware that countries like the US and Israel can at any time refuse to abide by UN resolutions and you know getting a UN resolution is just a waste of time. Yet you went to New York while unarmed civilians are being killed and maimed in Gaza.
We very much understand that you also see Hamas not a resistance force but a terror organization which you have promised Bush and the Neocons to fight. You feel that if allowed their idea will expand and ultimately challenged your powers. You are therefore happy that Hamas is being hit along side unarmed civilians, women and children in Gaza. This you think you will serve as a lesson to civilians who may challenge your authority. That is why you are silent. The 19th century revolutionary in Hausaland Sheikh Usman Danfodio has said “A state can survive unbelief, but cannot survive injustice” this is a message for you.
Everyone knows that you know what to do, you know what buttons to press and yet you decided to do nothing. Frantz Fanon once said “Every onlooker is either a coward or a traitor” You are both, unfortunately. Shame on you the Arab world leadership. Keep keeping silent.
But the Arab on the street must not remain passive. They must engage their sold-out leaders. They must confront them or else pay the same price Gazans are paying today.
This is a very short letter. It is just to tell you that you have disgracefully abandoned your responsibility to protect unarmed civilians from Israeli war machine in Gaza. We can understand your silence and inaction. We can understand your reliance on the UN, a robot organization in the hands of world oppressors. You are fully aware that countries like the US and Israel can at any time refuse to abide by UN resolutions and you know getting a UN resolution is just a waste of time. Yet you went to New York while unarmed civilians are being killed and maimed in Gaza.
We very much understand that you also see Hamas not a resistance force but a terror organization which you have promised Bush and the Neocons to fight. You feel that if allowed their idea will expand and ultimately challenged your powers. You are therefore happy that Hamas is being hit along side unarmed civilians, women and children in Gaza. This you think you will serve as a lesson to civilians who may challenge your authority. That is why you are silent. The 19th century revolutionary in Hausaland Sheikh Usman Danfodio has said “A state can survive unbelief, but cannot survive injustice” this is a message for you.
Everyone knows that you know what to do, you know what buttons to press and yet you decided to do nothing. Frantz Fanon once said “Every onlooker is either a coward or a traitor” You are both, unfortunately. Shame on you the Arab world leadership. Keep keeping silent.
But the Arab on the street must not remain passive. They must engage their sold-out leaders. They must confront them or else pay the same price Gazans are paying today.
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About Me
- Yusuf M. Adamu
- Kano, Kano, Nigeria
- Dr. Yusuf M. Adamu, Fulbright Fellow, member, Nigerian Academy of Letters and Fellow of the Association of Nigerian Authors is a Professor of Medical Geography at the Bayero University Kano. He is a bilingual writer, a poet, and writes for children. He is interested in photography and run a photo blog (www.hausa.aminus3.com) All the blogs he run are largely for his hobbies and not his academic interests. Hope you enjoy the blogs.