by B. R. GOWANI
(Left) “Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a courthouse in Cairo on Jan. 24. Mubarak’s state remained uncertain Tuesday after the 84-year-old suffered a stroke in prison.” PHOTO/Mohammed al-Law/Associated Press/Los Angeles Times
(Right) “Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak heard the verdict while seated in a cage in the courtroom with other defendants.” PHOTO/Reuters/The Blaze
“will Mubarak be punished?”
someone asked
my reply:
“lawyers will declare:
‘not in a fit state to stand trial’
will end up in hospital
people will be after hundred other issues
and Mubarak will be released”
Mubarak is dead
Mubarak is clinically dead
Mubarak is not dead
…
(Israel’s Ariel Sharon has been in coma since 2006)
confusion is good to keep people guessing
meanwhile the military is enhancing its power
everything is in coma in the Middle East
from the Arab Spring to Mubarak
as if nothing’s in a mood to move forward
Libya had problems
but was in motion
then Julius Caesar‘s sister declared:
“We came, we saw, he died.”
now it’s in a chaotic coma
with Islamists vying for power
Syria is in a civil war coma
though different than Rwanda
the specter of 1994 genocide is looming
over the heads of Shia ruling minority
at least in Syria
state of coma is more desirable than progress
unless some mutual satisfactory solution is found
Saudi Arabia is in a self-imposed Islamic-coma
it doesn’t want to let go a certain rigid Islam
which they’ve found useful
to control domestic population
and other Muslim countries
…
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com