Were It Not For America Mubarak Would Be GoneSot Al Iraq, Iraq
By Dr. Hamed Al Atteyeh
Translated By Stutzman
30 January 2011
Edited by Alex Brewer
“Where the sun never sets” was the British Empire in the past. The colonist’s attitude today has not changed — where being proud of colonizing a nation is publicly expressed. This is the situation we are going through today with the hegemony of the American empire.
In the last century, many Arab nations were freed from the backward rule of the Ottoman Empire only to fall victim to the humiliating malignant control of the British Empire. We can see today that most Arab countries in the region are subjects to the American hegemony and its abhorrent rule.
India used to be called the jewel on the British crown. Today, the U.S. drools with excitement over the many jewels of the Middle East. The most appetizing ones are Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt. Saudi Arabia and Iraq for their oil and strategic position in the Gulf and Iraq’s neighboring country Iran. Egypt for its symbolic Islamic institution “Al Azhar,” as well as being a key factor for peace and war in the Middle East with Israel and its power to shape ideas and views of the whole Arab world.~snip~
There were causalities from the Arab systems who accepted the colonist’s plans in the region; for example, the failing Iraqi monarchy.
The U.S. government took over the British involvement and control in the region standing against the tripartite war. On the other hand, the United States did not achieve its control over Egypt’s government until Anwar Al Sadat appeared in the political arena. He placed Egypt into military and government control of the United States. His successor Hosni Mubarak has done the same, allowing the involvement of the United States in Egyptian politics.
The hegemony of the United States government truly underestimated the Arabs’ audacity. For one, they did not hesitate to manifest their bias toward Israel and its politics of colonization, all without taking into consideration the negative repercussions of their bias towards Arab governments who stand firmly by the U.S. politics in the region. The U.S. did not anticipate the Arab reaction toward corrupt regimes in the region and the strength of the Arab people. The dismantling of corrupt systems was a surprise to the United States. The first revolution that swept the Middle East, which started in Tunisia recently, is one example.