The Last Human to Remember Us.. When Will He Die?
The text reflects on the disappearance of human memory with the death of the last person who remembers us, emphasizing the importance of leaving lasting charitable legacies as mentioned in the Holy Quran.
Translated by Qiyas from النهار — Original source
Throughout their long histories, the nations of the world have witnessed dozens and hundreds of leaders. Some entered history through its worst doors, leaving behind only a bloody and destructive legacy due to the internal problems they caused their own people—through repression, killing, wars, and defeats—as well as the harm inflicted on their neighbors and the wider world. Saddam Hussein and similar figures in the region and beyond serve as prime examples of short-sighted leadership...
In contrast, there are historical leaders who unite rather than divide, resolve internal and external issues rather than perpetuate them, and build rather than destroy. As a result, they enter history through its broadest doors as statesmen who initiated massive reform, renaissance, development, and anti-corruption campaigns. These efforts led both domestic and international observers to agree that conditions had improved under their leadership. No one claims that lifting the burden of seven decades of accumulated mistakes is an easy task. However, Iraq and its patient, friendly people deserve the best. The existing historical leadership should activate the optimal and best use of the country’s oil, water, civilizational, tourism, and investment resources. Additionally, the presence of holy sites on Iraqi soil could, if properly developed and utilized, become a significant and inexhaustible source of financial revenue...
The final point: 1. There is a once-in-a-lifetime historical opportunity for President Ali al-Zaidi to advance Iraq through tolerance, reconciliation, and letting go of the past among all components. This would enable the optimal utilization of the energies of all Iraqis, both inside and outside the country. It would also centralize the holding of weapons and the decision-making power over war and peace in the hands of the state, prevent encroachments on neighbors from Iraqi territory, and open the door wide to tourism and investment by removing obstacles for Iraqi and non-Iraqi investors alike. Furthermore, it requires resolving and ending problems with all of Iraq’s neighbors—to the north, south, east, and west, with Kuwait at the forefront—on a win-win basis. The persistence of these problems has made them easy to solve, provided intentions are sincere. Otherwise, Iraq’s relations with its neighbors remain based on a lose-lose foundation, resulting in costs that exceed the disputed issues by thousands of times...
2. President Ali al-Zaidi, within a short period after assuming the premiership and through his historic visit to Damascus, succeeded in permanently ending at least four decades of tension, hostility, and harm between Baghdad and Damascus. These conditions were perpetuated by previous rulers from a single party that transformed from a party advocating “one Arab nation with an eternal mission” into a force tearing apart the Arab nation through severe internal divisions among its components and external conflicts with neighbors and the world. The essence and content of the “eternal mission” in the two historic capitals became repression, killing, terrorism, mass graves, wars, and disputes with neighbors. Iraq needs only to do the right things after decades of addiction to... error.
