Ironically, USA is presently pushing
against the will of the Egyptian People, by restlessly defending the Muslim
Brothers, and by trying to restore their power, despite the ugly offenses this
group is practicing in Egypt, against the civil people, the military, the
governmental buildings and institutes, the infrastructure of the country and
its National Security!
USA support of democracy changed
dramatically in Egypt to support militia groups came to power a year ago by a
non clear election results! Some say that a deal was struck then by USA and
Muslim Brothers, in which the latter promised to establish a peaceful
environment to Israel on the Gaza and Sinai borders!
When the Muslim Brothers came to
power, it was crystal clear that they were building their own political, military
and social system. They repeatedly deprived other political groups to share
with them a new system or regime. The Muslim Brothers through their expelled
President Mursi, also refused any other party or individual to be an integral
part of this new regime, outside their own party except their closest allies.
This led to massive manifestations, and almost half the
population of Egypt occupied the streets to demonstrate their strongest rejections
to the President and his party the Muslim Brothers.
The Egyptian Army understood the
message of the people and offered to be an intermediary between the people and
the President and his party.
However, the President refused to
change any of his previous bills and decisions, and chose to face the
opposition with his party by any means.
The Egyptian Army gave a week to the
President to listen to the voice of people and solve the crisis before it comes
ugly. When this warning was completely rejected, the Army expelled the
President and appointed a temporary Acting President who in turn selected a
temporary Government with a sole purpose to re-write the Constitution by neutral
legislators, to reach a general election and eventually election of a new
president.
The Muslim Brothers rebelled
violently in the streets of the country, and started to attack the civilians
and military soldiers and attack every government and police building.
More-over, suddenly a serious spread
of arms appeared in the hands of the Muslim Brothers, and they are using in
street fights against the police and military units as well as the civilians,
what is causing several victims dead and injured every day.
This is a brief picture about what
is happening now in Egypt.
On the political side, the world was
split in opinions between pro and against the step that was taken by the Army.
Surprisingly USA and Europe were the
strongest opponents to the Egyptian Army and the strongest supporter to the
Expelled President and his party the Muslim Brothers.
Well this is also surprising in the
sense that USA and Europe are "supposedly" against the Muslim
Brothers and their allies who are fighting the Assad Regime in Syria side by
side with the Free Syrian Army. And because of them USA and Europe are hesitating
to supply the Free Syrian Army with sufficient weaponry that can allow them to
balance the military arms with the Syrian Army.?
This can be a real puzzle. But let
us dig more and see why USA is doing what is doing in the Middle East. Or in
other words; why they want the Middle East always a shaky land, like what is
happening in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and now Egypt.
To be able to answer this question,
we have to understand it first. And to understand it we have to look at what
USA wants in the Middle East? Then immediately we can see the word Israel pops
out.
When USA spoke during the War on
Iraq about a New Middle East, it seemed then that such plan was ready, but interrupted
when Obama came to power?
With Obama's second term, it looks
that this plan can be safe to be "tried", since Obama can be blamed
personally if it failed.
And it seems that the Plan is based
on the a assumption that the people in the Middle East are all religious extremists
or at least 70% of them!
And on the assumption that those
extremists are split into Sunnis and Shiites, and they will have eventually
enough political, geographical and demographic space to fight upon.
And on the assumption that those extremists
can come to power and be able to control the other extremists from Al Qaeda and
other similar sects.
And on the assumption that Iran and Hezbollah
will be engaged negatively with those new rulers in the territory and calm down
on Israel.
And on the assumption that if all
the above assumptions are realized, then "supposedly" Israel will
enjoy Peace with the neighboring countries including Lebanon.
It seems that the USA plan with its
assumptions, was working fine till a month ago, when in few days the Egyptian
Army together with the Egyptian People expelled the Muslim Brothers' President,
and crack down on all Muslim Brothers leaders and their established civil
commotion quarters in the streets of Cairo.
Yesterday, the Egyptian Army Leader,
Abdel Fattah Sisi, clearly said that the USA's threats in cutting their
military and economic supports on Egypt will mean nothing and will not make the
Egyptian People Back Up.
Well, this may prolong the instability
in Egypt and can mean more bloodshed!! However it also means that USA has its
first slap on the face, and the Arabs need only someone to slap first and they
will take it from there...
This reminds me of the USA strategy
of the so called "Arab Spring". It started in Tunis and then spread
to Libya, Syria, Egypt etc... And proved to be a complete failure to the people
who came to power after the "Spring" and also to the USA and its
supporters, because they are not able till now to control what they have created.
(May be this can make understand why
Iraq is still a messy state!)
But would this be a promising
success to the other countries that are opposing the USA plans in the Middle
East? Or a promising success to the Egypt?
Or would this be a cause to a direct
war between the super powers?
Or a war between Israel and Egypt?
Or a war between Iran and its
neighboring Gulf countries?
Or a war between Hezbollah and
Israel?
Or
Would this be a step for a new
understanding of the American Administration, to the Arabs mainly and to the
Muslims in general and also to the Christians in the Middle East?
I certainly hope so, because I feel
that if USA stops igniting the threads of discrimination, and stop playing on
the religious differences, they can at least gain from the territory. So far
they are in a complete loss.
Sami Cherkaoui
