Sunday, January 30
Kuwait Invasionthought of the day:
"some people think a lot and speak a lot but back down at the time of doing"
My mobile woke me up this morning, and my best friend was on the other line saying: "inti nayma lail 7een we dinya ma3foosa bara? shofay shino sayer be Salmiya, gatel we imthaba7....." Translated (not literally) to English:" are you still asleep? The country is in a chaos, shooting and killing in Salmiya.....".
My heart sank, and a horrible feeling of a distant past downed on me. When at five AM my sister in law called and woke me up on the mournful day of Aug.2,1990 , the day Sadam's crusaders invaded my country. This phone call destroyed my whole day. I kept remembering the days when the Iraqi solders were camping along our borders and we took their move so lightly. And then he took us by surprise, killing our loved ones and scattering us like cockroaches when you turn on the light..
Is history repeating itself in another form of Sadam? Is it our fate to have our destructive enemy right from within this time? Would I wake up one day with a phone call informing me that the civil war has started in Kuwait? Are we taking these incidents very lightly at the time being? And what can we do to prevent it? What can I do to prevent it? What if the country turned into another Iran or Saudi Arabia? Where would we go? How would we live? Om el Haiman, Abdallah Elsalim, Khaitan, Salmitah, where is next? who is next?Does anyone have any answer to these questions?
All what I can say is; you damn &^%$ terrorists, get out of my country, go back to Saudi Arabia or Egypt or wherever hell you belong, I need my peace of mind, I demand my security. I yearn for my peaceful Kuwait.( big sigh)
Name::AyyA
From::Kuwait
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9 Comments:
no real kuwaiti will do this to their land. it won't be ok again until they either re-brainwashed or kicked back to where they really belong.
Beatnik, andUzF
No I refuse to accept that a Kuwaiti, who has a shred of loyalty to his country would be so destructive, killing his own kin. These people have no nationality. They belong to " Altakfeer wel Hijra", " Alamr bel Ma3roof we Elnahi 3an El monkar", " Osama Bin Laden", "Talibani", "Zargawi" and the list goes on of the ones that were the product of Saudi Arabiya's strict teachings, and Egypt's Ekhwan Elmuslimeen. May all burn in hell.
نزال
How can that be done dear? If we are sandwiched between the fanatics of Iran, Saudi Arabia on one hand, and the ever turbulent, power hungry Iraq on the other. With their destructive preaching accumulated like a dormant volcano underneath us, ready to burst. How can we identify them? With the police force scenes, and the worn out detective tales we see on TV or read in news papers? No, more and faster action should be taken.
And about women participating in politics through societies; I have a history with that. It started when I was a young girl in college. But I stopped begging for my right when I realized that the system was against it. My intention was not politics; I don't have the least desire to participate in that. My motive was to have the rightful right for my word to be heard. To be able to act when situations like this take place in my country. The system may have quieted me; but it can never stop me from acting.
Brachypelma
It is sad really, and I do agree with you that the system had created this. The nationality was given to "kil min hab we dab" in the process to balance the poles in the parliament without actually questioning the loyalty of these people. But what past is past, and I just hope it's not too late. This is the time for us to move and ask for a major change in the system. Those societies known for their fanatic activities have to be demolished; the surprising thing is that they are still legitimately active societies. People who do belong to these sects should not be allowed to participate in sensitive positions. I know that this might not sound very democratic, but Kuwait security is above all. More than half of the society is politically paralyzed and the result is a biased, uneven mentality that is totally foreign to us Kuwaitis.
And about that picture you sent; I have to disagree with you. I think you should post it because it presents reality. I, as a citizen, am sick and tiered of closing my eyes just to make Kuwait look good. In my heart nothing and nowhere can compare to my country. But this picture is an eye opener, an incentive for patriotic citizens to rise and demand action for more protection. Demand for the expertise planning schedules for the root of the system, demand for a strict implementation of these plans. Demand a strategy for reengineering. I'd rather see a safer Kuwait than fantasize a false picture.
PinkSuedeShoes
Yes, you are right dear. I do sympathize with the families of the martyrs and I think that they have done a great job as individuals. My argument is not about them (bless their souls); it's about the system that had put them in such a risking position in the first place. How many more innocent souls have to be brutally taken for us to wake up?
DJ
Thanx for your concern sweetie. And although there has been another two shooting incidents in Kuwait today of which one was close to where I live, but the good news is that they have caught one of the cell leaders. Everyone is tense waiting to see what's next.
Brachypelma
It's your choice buddy
Rabab it's so hard being away from Kuwait and hearing news of shooting...I cry sometimes and I think to myself when will it stop...I don't have answers to your questions...I just have hope for change, hope one day that will go back to Kuwait that we remember...I just pray and hope deep in my heart my kids in the future will get to see the beautiful Kuwait I love...maybe it's wishful thinking but I won't give up..
ma agool ila allah ye7afeth al Kuwait o ahalha min kil shar inshallah....
Stay safe everyone.
I think the most important thing is to remain calm and try to understand what is happening. Yes, it is alarming what is happening but did we really not see it coming?
We are sitting in one of the most dangerous areas of the world, ensconced between neighbours that export their ideologies to our little country.
On many points I agree with Brachypelma. If you go to the malls on any day, especially the weekends, isn't the sight of all those young people walking around or sitting about aimlessly just pathetic? Would any young person who valued his existence do that all the time? It is frightening that these young people have no purpose or goal but to ogle each other . In my opinion they are ripe to be picked by any extremist ideology.
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Jelly Belly & Jewaira
Sorry guys, it was a bit childish of me to react this way, I gess I wasn't thinking of you guys being abroad and just hearing about it. J honey, may be this is for the better in the long run, don't worry dear, inshallah killa khair, and Jewaira dear, thanx for shaking me up.
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