Hassan Hanizadeh
The political Tsunami of change in the region is aimed at overthrowing Arab dictators and will sooner or later reach the southern coast of the Persian Gulf due to the prevalent political climate of the region.
The preliminaries of the tsunami started in Tunisia and engulfed Egypt. It has now reached the entire Middle East including the countries of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.
A leader of one of the nations of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf has launched a series of superficial efforts to prevent this tsunami from reaching its shores. Bahrain's king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa recently allocated USD 2,650 to every Bahraini family in a bid to wind down the prevalent discontent in the nation.
Despite such efforts, the leaders of the countries of the Persian Gulf littoral states must attempt to implement major reforms based on historical necessity, not social needs, in order to prevent the tsunami from reaching them.
The nations of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf are administered in an old and traditional tribal manner that does not adequately address the needs of the Arab generations of today.
The youth have been raised in the era of an information boom and the flow of information and the existence of internet communication doesn't allow them to stick to the old traditional methods of tribal rule.
Political parties are still not allowed to be active in some of the coastal countries of the Persian Gulf and women are not allowed to participate in social and political activities.
This method of governance contradicts the norms of today's world and this is the reason for the wave of discrete political discontent that has engulfed many nations surrounding the Persian Gulf.
The formation of the first political party in Saudi Arabia is a sign of this closed tribal society's strong need for change and the abolishment of traditions.
This party recently declared its existence for the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia but the government has not permitted it to officially become active.
In Saudi Arabia holding any form of elections is illegal and political parties are not allowed to be active and the members of the country's advisory council, which is essentially the nation's parliament, is picked by the king himself.
The violation of civil and social rights, disregard for the will of the nation, the murder and torture of the opposition and the forbidding of publications that are not operated by the state are all parts of this nation's domestic policies.
In Saudi Arabia, the largest member of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), women are forbidden from social activities, driving automobiles and filing for divorce.
In the 80-year life of the Saudi regime, this country has continued to administer tribal law and black people, people born from slaves and people who are not members of the Wahhabi sect are not able to hold key posts in military and the government.
The United States and the West have never encouraged the nation to implement reforms because of their need for Saudi oil.
Aside from Kuwait, which has had a rather active parliament for the past 45 years, countries of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf almost all lack active and effective parliaments.
This form of governance has created concern in non-Arab nations of the Persian Gulf who enjoy democratic establishments.
This is because non-democratic establishments in the Persian Gulf rely of extra-regional sources instead of their people for security.
The presence of tens of US military bases in the small countries of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf is a major concern for other nations and a source of discontent for the people of these nations.
If parliamentary democracies existed in these nations the United States and other Western countries would not have been able to establish military bases in these nations so easily.
It may not be surprising that former US Foreign Minister Henry Kissinger had openly announced that US special interests lay in the existence of dictatorships in the Persian Gulf.
But today the United States is not able to prevent the tsunami from reaching these nations by encouraging them to oppress their populations.
Therefore, the West must adjust its policies based on the will of these nations as the unfair humiliating perspective toward Muslim and Arab nations will eventually result in radical movements.
The situation in countries of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf is similar to Tunisia and Egypt prior to the fall of Bin Ali and Mubarak despite the fact these countries enjoy better economic situations.
If the dictator regimes of the countries of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf fail to comply with established democratic norms they will face a destiny similar to that of Egypt and Tunisia's.
Democratic norms call for popular rule over minority but in the countries of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf unfortunately these norms are disregarded and a minority group rules over the majority of the people.
Therefore, the formation of democratic establishments, the reduction of dependence on the US, the enhancement of the ties between these nations and their non-Arab neighbors, the holding of free elections, and the abolishment of all secret ties with the Zionist regime is the will of the Arab nations of the Middle East.
If this will is not carried out quickly and without the people having to pay a price, the geo-strategic region of the Persian Gulf will witness an enormous political tsunami that will completely change the situation of the entire region.
Therefore, it appears that the Arab nations of the region are moving toward drawing a new Middle East that is very different from the old one.
The Middle Eat that is now being shaped by the formulas and standards of the Arab nations does not leave room for the managerial roles of the United States, Israel and Arab dictators.
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