"Frankenstein" Goes Berserk.

There is this story of a doctor who created a human monster called "Frankenstein", which later turned out to be his worst nightmare as this monster caused more havoc in the community. In fact this monster went berserk and it was very dangerous to stay in that community as it went about terrorizing the people around. This doctor thought he could control the monster, but the monster developed a brain of its own and turned against its master. We all witnessed the so called "Arab Spring" in some parts of the Middle East and the Arab world in 2011. The countries involved were Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. Whiles the Tunisian leader Ben Ali fled into exile, the Yemeni leader Abdullah Salleh negotiated for his safe exit into exile after he was guaranteed immunity from prosecution in the deal that was brokered. The Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak was also kicked out of power and made to face the full rigors of the law. But in Libya, Muamar Gaddafi was brutally murdered by the NATO and rebel forces. That was an act that was seen to be justified by the west and its Allies led by the US. Little did the US know that they had created a "Frankenstein" monster that was to unleash its fury on them one day. On September 11, 2012 the American Consulate in Benghazi was attacked by a mob who were protesting against a short film entitled "Innocence of Muslims" produced by an American Coptic Christian, Sam Bacile. This film is alleged to have insulted the Holy Prophet of Islam and it led to the attacks on the US Embassy in Cairo and Consulate in Benghazi during which the American Ambassador to Libya was killed together with three of his staff. Now the Frankenstein created by the Americans during the Libyan uprising has turned around and unleashing its fury on them. The question i would ask is that, has Frankenstein gone berserk, or can the Americans still control him. It looks like coming events cast their shadows. Muamar Gaddafi would be turning in his grave right now, for he has won a victory even in death as the Americans are being paid in equal measure what was done to him. God bless Africa and God bless us all.

The Syrian Question.

The world is on the brink of a major conflict in the Middle East, and it seems the innocent lives being lost in this senseless conflict in Syria is being left to pass by. This Syrian  crisis has so many actors involved. For ethical and security reasons no names would be mentioned here. Some of these actors have come out openly to support one faction and the other actors are doing what they know what to do best, that is clandestinely supporting one faction with arms and ammunition. If i may ask, why is this happening now in Syria? Let me take you back to the genesis of this conflict. It has been raging on for more than a year and almost 7000 lives have been lost. If you look at the situation carefully, it seems there is a calculated plan to get rid of all leaders who have stayed for so long in power in the world. It started with the so called 'Arab Spring' (even though there is nothing like a 'Spring' season in Africa) in Tunisia, where long time leader Ben Ali was forced to flee into exile, followed by Hosni Mubarak of Egypt who was also forced to leave office, and hand over power to the powerful Egyptian military, then the time became very ripe to get rid of their one time foe and later turned ally Muamar Gaddafi of Libya who was murdered after the whole world was told by NATO that he was not a target of their aerial bombing campaigns, in which innocent people also lost their lives. Yemen and Bahrain also had their fair share of uprisings with Abdullah Salleh of Yemen relinquishing his rule by signing an agreement laced with immunity clauses. Bahrain have been able to withstand  protests for some time now. I have a hunch that Iran, Jordan, Morocco and the other countries in the Middle East with long time leaders would be on the list as the next points of call for the so called bastions of democracy. Now, we all know those behind the uprisings in the Middle East, and eventually Bashir Al Assad of Syria would be kicked out and a puppet government would be installed like what they have done in Libya, but Assad would not go without a fight. I hope Syria does not turn into another Iraq, as the situation has now turned into a full scale civil war with women and children bearing the brunt of both the Syrian government forces and the rebels. If i may ask, who is behind all these conflicts in the Middle East? First they ask you to initiate reforms, then they send spies in the form of a UN Observer Mission, they they call for regime change and thats your end.But remember that if you decide use a long spoon to sup with the devil, you must be prepared to bear the consequences when pay back time is due.