Democracy in Arab World—Far More Dangerous to U.S. than 9/11 Terror Attacks
Dalmar Kaahin
February 08, 2011
As the iron curtain collapsed in 1989 and the Berlin wall came down, the United States couldn´t believe its own eyes. The most feared mighty Soviet Union crumpled on its own, without sacrificing millions of U.S. and NATO forces, wasting billions of dollars, and risking a catastrophic nuclear war. But, unlike the pro-democracy rallies that swept the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in late ´80s and early´90s, the current Arab world revolution poses far more danger to U.S. than September 11, 2011 attacks did, not because of impending terror attacks, but because the Arab people—for the first time—will have the freedom to oppose the United States´ policies towards the Middle East openly and perhaps take devastating economic retaliations, if need be, against Washington.
Truth is: in Washington, beneath the façade of supporting Middle East democracy, in fact, democracy in the Arab world is one thing that the U.S. loathes. Just ask yourself, what will happen if the Middle East countries embrace democracy? It will be a nightmare for the United States. For one thing, the Arab people will overwhelmingly voice their frustration with the United States´ policies towards the Middle East. This is something they do now privately. They will take to the streets of Cairo, Dubai, Riyadh, Doha Qatar and all other major cities in the Arab world demanding that the United States to either persuade Israeli to withdraw from the Arab land that the Jewish sate occupied since 1976 or else. Next, unlike the Arab stooges in power today, in democratic systems, the Arab people will pressure their elected leaders to challenge the United States´ intransigence and indifferent to end the Palestinians´ plight and assist to reclaim their looted land. Soon diplomatic crises between the United States and the Arab world will dominate headlines. What follows will even shock more the United States.
Traditionally, the United States enjoyed dealing with Arab dictators that voluntarily act in an excessively subservient manner towards Washington, so the current Obama administration, will initially fail to heed the elected Arab leaders´ demands. Subsequently, within few weeks later the U.S. will lose billions of dollars worth of trade with the Arab world. There will be the biggest economic boycott against the United States. The public won´t buy U.S. products any more; hundreds of American companies will head home; U.S. will be forced to abandon its military bases in the Middle East; and above all, crude oil will be sold, not in U.S. dollar, but in Euro. Selling crude oil in Euro could make the U.S. dollar almost worthless. Furthermore, billions of dollars of Arab money invested in U.S. or sitting in U.S. banks will be withdrawn and invested in somewhere else. And even more disastrous is that the Arab world could use its oil as a weapon, or shut down the Suez Canal. Catastrophic, isn´t it?
Yet more ominous than the aforementioned potential economic showdown, the new Arab leaders may forge close relationships with Iran. As a result, the anti-U.S. drums could echo across the region, and could spread to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Furthermore, the domino effect could triggers ripples in the former Soviet republics, namely Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and others.
Back in the U.S., the unemployment will surely skyrocket; a wave of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim might hit the U.S. streets. But also, unexpectedly, many Americans might blame Israel for their worsening confrontation with the Arab world. That is, anti-Israel sentiment, could, equally hit the U.S. streets.
Meanwhile, the pressure to reach a workable solution with the Arab world from the American public and from the devastated business communities could come to its climax. At that point, the United States will have two choices: either authorize the CIA to assassinate some of the Arab leaders and reestablish totalitarian regimes in the Arab world, or negotiate. By then, the economic disaster in the U.S. could make the economic loses after September 11, 2001 terror attacks, trivial.
As one can see, despite the United States shedding more crocodile tears than thunderclouds could spill rains for democracy in the Middle East, democracy in the Arab world could bring the United States to its knees. Its economy could drop to that of during the Great Depression period. Unlike the tide of rebellion that swept the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in late ´80s and early ´90s, the 2011 democratic revolution in the Arab world could be the number enemy of the United States, far worse than September 11, 2001 horrific attacks.
Dalmar Kaahin
dalmar_k@yahoo.com
Truth is: in Washington, beneath the façade of supporting Middle East democracy, in fact, democracy in the Arab world is one thing that the U.S. loathes. Just ask yourself, what will happen if the Middle East countries embrace democracy? It will be a nightmare for the United States. For one thing, the Arab people will overwhelmingly voice their frustration with the United States´ policies towards the Middle East. This is something they do now privately. They will take to the streets of Cairo, Dubai, Riyadh, Doha Qatar and all other major cities in the Arab world demanding that the United States to either persuade Israeli to withdraw from the Arab land that the Jewish sate occupied since 1976 or else. Next, unlike the Arab stooges in power today, in democratic systems, the Arab people will pressure their elected leaders to challenge the United States´ intransigence and indifferent to end the Palestinians´ plight and assist to reclaim their looted land. Soon diplomatic crises between the United States and the Arab world will dominate headlines. What follows will even shock more the United States.
Traditionally, the United States enjoyed dealing with Arab dictators that voluntarily act in an excessively subservient manner towards Washington, so the current Obama administration, will initially fail to heed the elected Arab leaders´ demands. Subsequently, within few weeks later the U.S. will lose billions of dollars worth of trade with the Arab world. There will be the biggest economic boycott against the United States. The public won´t buy U.S. products any more; hundreds of American companies will head home; U.S. will be forced to abandon its military bases in the Middle East; and above all, crude oil will be sold, not in U.S. dollar, but in Euro. Selling crude oil in Euro could make the U.S. dollar almost worthless. Furthermore, billions of dollars of Arab money invested in U.S. or sitting in U.S. banks will be withdrawn and invested in somewhere else. And even more disastrous is that the Arab world could use its oil as a weapon, or shut down the Suez Canal. Catastrophic, isn´t it?
Yet more ominous than the aforementioned potential economic showdown, the new Arab leaders may forge close relationships with Iran. As a result, the anti-U.S. drums could echo across the region, and could spread to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Furthermore, the domino effect could triggers ripples in the former Soviet republics, namely Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and others.
Back in the U.S., the unemployment will surely skyrocket; a wave of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim might hit the U.S. streets. But also, unexpectedly, many Americans might blame Israel for their worsening confrontation with the Arab world. That is, anti-Israel sentiment, could, equally hit the U.S. streets.
Meanwhile, the pressure to reach a workable solution with the Arab world from the American public and from the devastated business communities could come to its climax. At that point, the United States will have two choices: either authorize the CIA to assassinate some of the Arab leaders and reestablish totalitarian regimes in the Arab world, or negotiate. By then, the economic disaster in the U.S. could make the economic loses after September 11, 2001 terror attacks, trivial.
As one can see, despite the United States shedding more crocodile tears than thunderclouds could spill rains for democracy in the Middle East, democracy in the Arab world could bring the United States to its knees. Its economy could drop to that of during the Great Depression period. Unlike the tide of rebellion that swept the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in late ´80s and early ´90s, the 2011 democratic revolution in the Arab world could be the number enemy of the United States, far worse than September 11, 2001 horrific attacks.
Dalmar Kaahin
dalmar_k@yahoo.com
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