THE PARAGRAPHS OF THE DAY

Today\’s paragraphs of the day come to us from Abdallah Al-Hadlaq, arguably the bravest newspaper columnist in the Arab world.

Why do I confer this designation on Mr. Al-Hadlaq?  Because, in his August 1 column for Al-Watan, Kuwait\’s government-run daily newspaper, he wrote this:

“To all those who think the Persian state (Iran), and the regime of the Rule of the Imprudent,[3] [namely] the dictatorial fascist Persian regime which controls it, is a friendly country, whereas Israel is an enemy country, I say that a prudent enemy is better than an imprudent one. The state of Israel and its various governments have waged more than five wars with the Arabs, yet never in the course of these wars did Israel think to use its nuclear weapons against its Arab enemies. Conversely, if the Persian state, with its stupid, rash and fascist regime that hides behind a religious guise, ever develops nuclear weapons, it will not hesitate to use nuclear bombs against the Arab Gulf states in the first conflict that arises.

“Israel is a friendly state that does not endanger us in the Arab Gulf region and we have nothing to fear from it. The one who threatens us, carries out acts of terror and destruction against us, and aspires to occupy us is the arrogant Persian enemy, represented by the regime of the Persian state (Iran), which is the incubator and supportive environment for global terror. 

See my point?

Al-Hadlaq does not pretend to like Israel as a country.  But his honest, realistic appraisal of Israel\’s approach to its gulf neighbors compared to the terroristic nightmare of today\’s Iran, is spot-on.

Thank you, Abdallah Al-Hadlaq, for having the honesty – and extraordinary courage – to say as much, in print, to your Kuwaiti readers.

You already have five A\’s in your name.  But I am giving you another “A” for what you wrote….along with Paragraph Of The Day honors.