Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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The Italian border - Corriere della Sera's Mario Polito
In a few weeks Italy has changed its geopolitical position, but does not seem to realize it. The revolution taking place in the Maghreb have called the Mediterranean at the center of world history and Italy, whether he likes it or not, is at the heart of the Mediterranean. The geographical position in policy matters. No coincidence that one of the periods of greater stability and prosperity in our history has coincided with the long war, when the role of the eastern border of the West has made Italy an important country on the international stage: the outpost of NATO to the East The fall of the Berlin Wall has dissolved as the eastern border of democracy and freedom, but now the story comes back to knock on our doors. Lampedusa is not only the unfortunate island where you light up every night of our nightmares of barbarian invasions. It is also the symbol of the new place border of the West that we are supposed to represent: the southern border. We are the only European power mean literally a stone's throw from Algeria, Tunisia, Libya (in fact Italo Balbo called the "fourth shore") and also from Egypt. What we do, what we say will be relevant to future developments of this revolution, of which we know nothing of the little that is able to tell us today that will turn out. The current upheaval is so extraordinary that even the Palestinian question seems marginalized and in any case has been conspicuously absent in this original Arab Street that took out the tyrants. We have become so important that Obama He even felt the need to call to Berlusconi. It seems that our public debate, however, is aware of this great new opportunity. Politically, the government has got to forget everything as soon as possible excess baciamaneria the Libyan dictator and the opposition is taken out of it all never forget. Both are fighting a rearguard action, adjust the accounts of the past. There would instead be to make some decisions. Meanwhile, as friends who will look out Gaddafi, after being so much friends of Gadhafi. Sometimes we have to put it in regard to hostilities, but it is not impossible - as Angelo Panebianco wrote to this newspaper February 27 - match the right and eventually profit. But a policy of pursuing the national interest requires an even wider-ranging. For example, a look at Tunisia, where French influence comes considerably bruised by the fall of Ben Ali. For example, a reconsideration of our diplomatic network, not particularly acute in alerting the roar of the tsunami coming, and our consular network, strangled by budgetary constraints. For example, the launch of a television channel in Italian dedicated to these countries, which perhaps more than ten years of foreign policy to win hearts and minds of a people near you. But even more is to answer the question Key to this revolution historic places us: it will be good, or is it just another monster out of the game of globalization? And most importantly, how to direct it towards democracy? Agrees that Europe's embrace, as proposed by those who already see the Maghreb in the European Union, or should first put to the test? Should be helped with money, weapons and technology, as we did with the previous dictatorships, or be linked with immigration, trade and culture? Italy has the opportunity to lead this debate in Europe. If, however, is able to do so first of all to his house. These weeks have been daunting: a stammering embarrassed the government botched analysis and substantially in the dark, little information: it took A couple of the head of state to give Europe the idea that we were in the game. The only thing that seems to affect the fall of the Wall of the Maghreb is the exact number of immigrants arriving on our shores, and feels around an unbearable stench of nostalgia for the old regimes, bad yes, but so help you to avoid trouble. It would be the case, for once, of resuscitating the Parliament for its intended function: an extraordinary session, with the report of the Government of Italy to discuss what to do in this new international scenario and to build a shred of political foreign joint on the south shore of the Mediterranean. There would be no better way than to talk about our future also worthy to remember our past: the 150th anniversary of Italy, but also the centennial of the invasion of colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
this spring in the middle of winter does not look like to nothing in the recent history of the world. Might suggest to the Carnation Revolution in Portugal (November 1974), but it is different. The Arab peoples have suffered and have resigned a long time. In general, However, the Maghreb and Mashreq have this in common: the individual is not recognized as such. Everything is so organized that the emergence of the individual as unique and singular entity is prevented. It is the French Revolution that enabled the citizens of France to become individuals with rights and duties.
In the Arab world, what is recognized is the clan, tribe, family, not the individual person. The individual would have a voice but not a subject to submit. An individual is a person who has to tell her and says that going to vote freely and without falsifications. That is the basis of democracy - a culture based on social contract; you elect someone to represent a people in a given period and then it is renewed or its functions or sends you home. In the Arab world, the presidents behave like absolute monarchs to the point that remain in power by force, through corruption, lies and blackmail. Bashar al-Assad succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad, Seif al-Islam is believed to be the successor of his father, Gaddafi, when they die, Mubarak has obviously tried to force his son to succeed, but with the revolution of January all of its Plans are skipped. The principle is simple: when they come to power, think they are there for eternity, that the people want it or not. Not too upsetting for the Western shall establish a "formal democracy", just a mask for the eyes of the observer. But it's all in their hands and do not tolerate any challenge, any opposition. The rest of the time, considered the country as their private property, dispose of its revenue, do business, get rich and make their property safe in Swiss banks, American or European. What happened in Tunisia and Egypt is a moral and ethical protest. It is an absolute refusal and in no uncertain terms of authoritarianism, corruption, theft of property in the country, denial of nepotism, favoritism, rejection, humiliation and illegality which is the basis of the arrival the power of these leaders whose behavior borrows many ways by the Mafia. A protest to establish moral hygiene in a society that has been exploited and humiliated beyond belief up.
is why it is not an ideological revolution. There is no leader, there is a boss, there's a party that carries on the revolt. Millions of ordinary people took to the streets. It is a new kind of revolution: spontaneous and improvised. It is a page of history written from day to day, without planning, without premeditation, without scheming, no tricks. The responsibility of European leaders is important in the maintenance of these unpopular and authoritarian regimes. They are silent and let you make using two excuses: 1. think that Mubarak, as Ben Ali, is there to prevent it from establishing an Iranian-style Islamic republic, 2. think that not telling them that they must respect human rights, will ensure juicy business. On both things are wrong. The Iranian revolution was possible because Shiism is hierarchically structured (himam, mullahs, ayatollahs, etc...) For the Shia, Islam is political or not (this is what Khomeini had declared on his arrival in Tehran). Sunni Islam has never thought of religious practice in a hierarchical manner. In the Qur'an it says that there are no priests in Islam. Neither priests, rabbis or or Ayatollah. Politically, the Arab society is crossed by different currents of Islam, the current is not the only fundamentalist movement in Egypt. There is no reason to think that the fundamentalists to take power, unless there is a military coup, which would mean that the whole army is fundamentalist, absurd. If there is a democracy, this means that there is multi-party, that there are differences and different views that face in a politically free.
On the second point, the westerners close their eyes wherever they do business, whether in China, Libya or Algeria. But when Barack Obama called for respect for human rights in front of his Chinese guest in January 2011, you can not precede human rights affairs. All this is wrapped in hypocrisy and condescension. We just heard that some French ministers accepted invitations to Tunisia, Egypt, and made a perfect pair with dictators who are known all over, including the way they were disappearing and torturing opponents of the government. These revolutions of today will have at least one advantage: it will be like nothing before. As for the other Arab states where there are ingredients that something is moving and we will rebel, I think that will reform their system and be more vigilant on the enforcement of individual rights. The citizen will no longer be a subject subjected to arbitrary power and contemptuous become an individual with a name, a voice and rights. is why it is not an ideological revolution. There is no leader, there is a boss, there's a party that carries on the revolt. Millions of ordinary people took to the streets. It is a new kind of revolution: spontaneous and improvised. It is a page of history written from day to day, without planning, without premeditation, without scheming, no tricks. The responsibility of European leaders is important in the maintenance of these unpopular and authoritarian regimes. They are silent and let you make using two excuses: 1. think that Mubarak, as Ben Ali, is there to prevent it from establishing an Iranian-style Islamic republic, 2. think that not telling them that they must respect human rights, will ensure juicy business. On both things are wrong. The Iranian revolution was possible because Shiism is hierarchically structured (himam, mullahs, ayatollahs, etc...) For the Shia, Islam is political or not (this is what Khomeini had declared on his arrival in Tehran). Sunni Islam has never thought of religious practice in a hierarchical manner. In the Qur'an it says that there are no priests in Islam. Neither priests, rabbis or or Ayatollah. Politically, the Arab society is crossed by different currents of Islam, the current is not the only fundamentalist movement in Egypt. There is no reason to think that the fundamentalists to take power, unless there is a military coup, which would mean that the whole army is fundamentalist, absurd. If there is a democracy, this means that there is multi-party, that there are differences and different views that face in a politically free.
We added the two items because, while not fully share content, can be counted as an example of intelligent journalism and documented.
We want to add as an example of snooty presappochismo "the little article" entitled "Libya, the dead and the car in the street" signed by Alberto
Arbasino
, a writer who, for his cheap cynicism from "blue skeptical" ("What do I care if the world made me ...") glacial has always been at the head of my dislikes:
We want to add as an example of snooty presappochismo "the little article" entitled "Libya, the dead and the car in the street" signed by Alberto
Arbasino
, a writer who, for his cheap cynicism from "blue skeptical" ("What do I care if the world made me ...") glacial has always been at the head of my dislikes:
" It is not clear yet why if, in Libya there are thousands of dead phones opponents did not show for some or many Western television instead of cars running for the crowds scattered. And why, for the same democracy riots in several countries, many workers Egyptian accalchino the border with Tunisia, perhaps no government, calls for help from a government that apparently is not in Cairo? But on the level of the registry, perhaps an old classic returns: between all these motherfuckers, what are "our" sons of bitches? "
Arbas but goes to Magna er soap!
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