While the advent of Barack Obama onto the American political scene has done wonders for America’s global image, in Kuwait, which is regarded as a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, Obama’s appearance has done little to allay suspicion in many quarters about ‘Zionist control’ of the United States.
This fascinating and disturbing op-ed article from Kuwait’s Arabic-language Al Seyassah, which is an explanation of how a ‘Kuwaiti Arab Muslim’ candidate would have to go about winning public office America, reflects the impotence Arabs feel about influencing the United States – especially vis-a-vis Israel.
In the form of a letter to his son and to a close friend, Dr. Hammoud Al-Hattadd writes for Al Seyassah:
“So how could an Arab candidate succeed when wanting to win an election in a superpower like the United States of America? … What does it mean for a candidate to champion Arab causes in the United States? It means the failure of that candidate: From the moment he announces his run, he will receive no support from any U.S. institution with influence over administering the elections.”
And why is this, in Dr. Al-Hattadd’s opinion? He goes on:
“Israel is everything in an American election; America’s domestic situation is an extension of the desire of World Zionism to control the world and absorb the global economy – including America’s. Proclaiming support for Israel herald’s the start of every U.S. presidential election. This is not the wish of every American, and isn’t necessarily popular either. Rather, it is primarily the wish of the institutions that fund the elections and is done to secure their own continuity, since they’re part of a Zionist organization with a broader plan to devour the world and the United States with it. … The Arabs know that they’re at the bottom of the list of priorities; they are lazy people without a successful educational system, they aren’t led by successful democracies, they have no health-care system to save them and they are numbered among the planet’s beggars in terms of knowledge and global civilization.”
By Dr. Hammoud Al- Hattadd
Translated By James Jacobson and Nicolas Dagher
June 9, 2008
Kuwait – Al Seyassah- Original Article (Arabic)
Don’t rebuke me, Tarek, my son, nor you my dear colleague Tareq Idris, when I tell you the position I would have to take to win an election in the United States as a Kuwaiti Arab Muslim candidate, or perhaps as a Salafi [the most traditional form of Islam ], a member of the Muslim Brotherhood or of the Tabligh [a Muslim Missionary ‘revival’ movement ].
So how does one succeed when wanting to win an election in a superpower like the United States of America? What would your slogan be: Of the Arabs, by the Arabs and for the Arabs? If so, then it would be better for you to stay at home than do what some of the female candidates in the Kuwaiti National Assembly have done.
[Editor’s Note: The author refers to an episode last year when female members of parliament came to the Assembly chamber without headscarves. He is saying that if you want to run for office in America and champion Arab causes, you might as well stay home – just like those female Parliamentarians who refused to wear headscarves should have stayed home].
What does it mean for a candidate to champion Arab causes in the United States? It means the failure of that candidate: From the moment he announces his run, he will receive no support from any U.S. institution with influence over administering the elections.
Israel is everything in an American election; America’s domestic situation is an extension of the desire of World Zionism to control the world and absorb the global economy – including America’s. Proclaiming support for Israel herald’s the start of every U.S. presidential election. This is not the wish of every American, and isn’t necessarily popular either. Rather, it is primarily the wish of the institutions that fund the elections and is done to secure their own continuity, since they’re part of a Zionist organization with a broader plan to devour the world and the United States with it.
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