I was just watching a rerun of a programme that aired last night on Abu Dhabi TV. The discussion centered on Kuwait's supposedly new-found status as outcast and pariah among Arab nations, for allegedly backing the invading colonialist powers and reveling in the subjugation and humiliation of the Iraqi people. The Egyptian guest speaker, who I'd never seen before, railed against Kuwait for taking such a "shameful" stand and for gambling away its own future by backing the US who has occupied half of our territory, and for participating in the slaughter of the Iraqi people and on and on and on......

Then the little identifying band appears under his angry face, and it turns out he's the editor-in-chief of Al-Arabi, one of the Arab world's best and longest running monthly magazines. It's a general interest magazine with top-quality writing on arts, politics, culture, health, economics and anything of importance to all Arabs. I put it on a par with magazines like Harper's. What this angry man failed to acknowledge - besides the crimes of Saddam against Kuwait and his own people - was that his employer is actually the Kuwaiti Government!!

Ladies and gentlemen... Al-Arabi was started in Kuwait and continues to be funded by Kuwait, and still enjoys a wide circulation across the Arab world and operates as a pan-Arab publication, with hardly anything identifying it as Kuwaiti, except for the masthead. The editor is entitled to his opinion and should be able to express it freely no matter how wrong he might be. But if he is so disgusted with Kuwait and all that we stand for...... then he should fucking resign!!