Join the Junta

"We know that no one seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it"

After years of suffering and hardship, would you want to risk losing the power you worked so hard to gain?

A woman I used to look up to, after fighting a military dictatorship, has been hitting the headlines in recent months for her silence and lack of action against the Rohingya Muslims. Aung San Suu Kyi is this woman. She is heading the civilian government and apparently doesn't have much sway in what happens in the country. So what exactly is her role? Why doesn't she relinquish her post after many years of hard fought "freedom" if she is so incapable? Is this what freedom looks like? The inability to help, speak out and free a people who have been labelled as "the most persecuted minority in the world".

I see the Burmese Government as an advanced form of Daesh. They are just light years ahead of the death cult. They manipulate the news and generate a bizarre cover stories whilst continuing to rape torture and kill, accusing the Rohingya militants of torching houses and killing locals.  Daesh didn't really give a *&#$ about media. In fact, they thrived in the limelight and even made videos documenting their barbarity.

So that brings me back to Orwell's quote - the power which makes Aung San Suu Kyi unable to do anything for this persecuted Muslim minority. She risks losing what she fought so hard for. But everything she has fought for has now been betrayed in extraordinary fashion. Hand back the Nobel Peace Prize honorably and join the junta.

Inspired

Inspired on an Austrian peak

It's been a while... a year! I was locked out of my account and despite numerous attempts I couldn't log back in... was really frustrating, but I've had a break-though this week! It was one one of those days where I had time on my hands. I decided to give it another try to log in and lo and behold! the security system finally allowed me access! Has anyone else had issues with this overprotective security procedure on Google?

Back to the topic of the blog.... A wise man once said to me, "What form a man are 3: prison, war and being estranged. If you don't experience these then you are simply a 'mummy's boy'" How true this saying is. Not to say that you aspire to go to prison, but sometimes there is a higher plan where you are placed in a unwanted situation to prepare you for the future. The experience of Yusuf AS in prison is often referred to as 'مدرسة يوسف' - the school of Yusuf . He was placed in there through no fault of his own and it was there that people got to know of his gift of interpreting dreams. This is what subsequently released him from prison.

One such person who has experienced these three situation is someone I wrote about back in 2012 after he was extradited to the US to face trial. His blog is also one of the reasons that prodded me to trying to access my blog again... He is a true inspiration and he has a very beneficial, enjoyable and informative blog. I read all the entries in a few days! Hope to meet him again one day inshallah! Access it here...

Oldies and the West

So the latest news to hit the headlines, the Brexit. It was brewing for a long time but no one thought it would come to fruition. Now it has, there’s one post which really put things into perspective. The younger generation who will be living through this new era were the ones who voted for remain. The older generation voted leave and who, undoubtedly, have a shorter life span. So what does this say, listen to your elders for one thing, but also, the older generation seems to have witnessed the UK change a bit too much for their liking. In anyase it’s a new realit which we can honestly say is a walking in to the unknown. It will take a few years to take effect, but it is the dawn of a new era which could end the era of the ‘west’ as we know it. Who knows what countries will follow suit.

World War 3

Its been a whirlwind few months in Syria. A quagmire of countries involved in the conflict, more countries pledging troops and refugees amassing at the Turkish border in the thousands. No one could have predicted the current situation of this conflict 5 years ago. Things are changing at such a rapid pace, it wouldn't be far fetched to suggest that this could ignite a World War very soon.

Russian support of Syria goes back a long way. From the Cold War, Syria was an ally of the Soviet Union and Hafiz Assad's coup in 1966 was supported by Russia. At the present day, Russia is a key weapons supplier to the Assad regime and it has expensive defensive contracts with the regime. It only logical that Russia jumped at the chance to support Assad at a crucial time. At a time when the heartland of the senior Alawite regime, Latakia, was slowly being overrun by the rebels or "terrorists", Assad bought in its last line of defence, Russia. It must have been on the table for the Assad regime for a long period of time, but only when the regime was in dire need would they call them. The reality on the ground now, it seems as though this Russian intervention, which seemed defensive at first, has now taken an overtly offensive one.  

This offensive has now started to ring alarm bells in the Arab world. The Iranians are advancing from the south via the Houthis and they are beginning to gain significant ground against the rebels in Syria. It seems like a cocktail of volatile materials have all been added and all that remains is the massive explosion.

* In recent developments, the Russians have announced a withdrawal. I'm sure they have other plans and this is only a media spin. Something which the Russians are seeming to master. 

Tracking Conflicts

Good website I stumbled on. Gives a detailed accounts of conflicts around the globe. Maps, developments and latest news. Pretty neat how all the latest reports are compiled and located on the maps, has photos and videos on occasions as well.

Its Them Again

So there they are, intervening again, under our very noses, this time not so silently. But do they need to? Its in line with the ongoing military supplies that they've been providing to the Syrians regime. So why now, has it been flagged up? and if you haven't guessed it, its that bare chested big brown bear, Putin... I mean Russia.

Positioning their forward operating base in Latakia which is home to most of the senior Alawite regime, it comes as a surprise that Russia has decided to increase their military intervention after 4 years of war. After considerable success on part of the rebel alliances and a boost of morale in their ranks, the Russian intervention will only lengthen the war and increase in destabilizing the region. With ISIS not looking to be rid of anytime soon, rebels advancing and increased foreign intervention (France with airstrikes being the latest), the future for the region can only be glim.

Compassion

Depraved and void of all humanity

Minds mercilessly blank

Hearts covered in darkness

Eyes filled with rage

Evil and barbarity in their soul

Burnt beyond recognition

Blood fuel for rage

Savagery a common trait

Compassion ceases to exist

 - ISIS and As-sadists