“The Arab Armies “

                                     “The Arab Armies “

Egypt, Cairo

             The Arab Armies in most of the Arab countries had been purposely weakened by the ruling Dictators out of fear that these Armies will challenge their grip on power.

        In this tsunami of revolt fever in the Arab World the Army became the wild card where people feared that the Army will massacre the masses under the orders of the criminal rulers but something strange happened.  In Tunisia the first Arab state were people came out to demanded their rights thru out many of their cities, The President Zain Ben Ali gave orders to turn these cities upside down so the masses will be reined in .

      This is how it went Mr. Ben –Ali picks up the phone to calls the top military brass telling them I need the military to quell this rebellion by the demonstrators that is playing all over the country, the response was sir you have lost all the legitimacy to rule our duty as the defenders of our country is to defend our people against those who will try to violate their rights to demanded that their many grievances be met and told the President Ben –Ali that the Army is at the service of the masses and that his special forces should not in any way or form commit violent acts against the masses, When Ben-Ali heard this he knew that his days were numbered and was negation with many countries for asylum were many former allies refused to give him Asylum such as France  and Saudi Arabia gave him shelter.

         Let us not be distracted with the humiliation that these regimes suffered, In my mind there was the first Tanks to enter the population area of Tunisia and the first thing that happened was the embrace and kisses exchanged between a citizen and soldier standing  on an  Armored vehicle.

         The next test was Egypt were millions of people had occupied freedom square and when the security apparatus of these regimes failed to dislodge the people yearning for their freedom that had been stripped of them for the last 30 years by a President whose mind had been influenced by his forefather that he well eternal rule that he did not even appoint a Vice-President and colored his hair black at the age of 82.

          When the first Tanks entered freedom square they were met with flowers and cheers by an Egyptian population that has a historically warm relationship with their military.

    The Egyptian Army sat idly as the political powers juggled with ideas to pacify the masses because one of their most important cards had fallen to the side of the masses and guaranteed their safety of those who were on the streets.

          The next test came in Yemen were the Yemeni army took the side of the masses and the Yemeni government have only the republican Guards and many security apparatus which are loyal to the Regime because their inception and goals are to serve the President directly.

       Gadhafi had built himself small brigade to protect him from his own people because these brigade were created for internal consumption not to defend the borders of Libya Gadhafi left the national Army on its own deprived of funds and arms turned the National Army in to a rag tag force, As you know the national Army joined the Libyan Rebels.

       The Revolt in Syria is in its infancy but we already know the Army’s position by the Army soldiers who were shot and killed by the security forces because they refused to shoot the demonstrators which led to the Government telling us there was a third party killing both the demonstrators and Army personals.

    Enough with the lies we have growing tired of them , We know one thing Western Democracy should be more vocal and engaging in guaranteeing the birth of these young Democracy if not History will not be forgiving  to their actions.

                                                                                                                        Salah Sharhan