I am just again writing about the happenings in the arabic hemisphere. So much that happens right now in so many countries. We all follow the leading papers and news and find new happenings in countries that we never have thought about before: Algeria, Egypt, Lybia, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria... Syria? My parents are actually in Syria right now and I called them. My (german) mom just had come back from Damaskus to the mediterranean city of Lattakia and couldn't confirm any of the news that I had followed during the last week. No protests, no demonstrations, nothing extraordinary.
This makes me think. I remember a film I once saw: wag the dog. Media stages a war in Albania to dislead the people's fokus from their cheating president. Considering how important media and social networks have been during the last couple of months, through all of the subversive happenings in north africa and the arabic world, I start to wonder. Could there be any risk that media does the same thing as in the movie? Could it be in anyone's interest to start internal fights and wars in those countries? Some background information: all countries stated above own large quantities of both petrol and gas, gold and money or have primar political influence in the middle-east. The leaders that actually leave (i.e. Mubarak) are allowed to take all of their money (billions of dollars) that have been made through the sale of those natural assets.
USA's engagement in Irak, one big possibility for the states to get their own base in the middle-east, failed tragically. I can see how disorders in this region could gain the west's economical and financial interest. The possibility to build own military bases in order to promise shelter. Profitable business contracts that promise large quantities of oil, petrol, gas at low prices as payment for security. Who is the winner here?
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