O Guardians of the Two Holy Mosques... You have made history; when will you restore the geography?
In the crosshairs
I may not be singing the impossible when I obey the mind, which thinks aloud about matters that may not occur to human beings, but it is the necessity that must be resorted to, considered as the mother of invention, especially after the Mullahs’ regime in Tehran has worked hard to exaggerate the strangulation of us, after it has grudged our success and prosperity in developing and stabilizing our countries, while it has exaggerated its interference in the affairs of others and strived to export its endless revolution to anyone who disagreed with it.
It has recently resorted to tampering with the lifeline of all the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, individually and collectively, known as the “Strait of Hormuz,” since it deliberately obstructed the passage of its commercial ships through it, despite it bordering one of its banks, which is far from the suitable channel for these ships, after it ignored its partner in this passage and failed to defend itself before its former masters.
If one of the proposals put forward to address this potentially protracted dilemma is to dig a sea canal on Omani territory to serve as an alternative to Hormuz, thereby keeping our Gulf countries away from the Iranian threat, which appears to be eternal and will continue as long as life exists with this system, provided it continues to raise the banner of its sectarianism.
Therefore, I humbly and confidently believe that the optimal solution to create this strategic alternative, which will place us as nations and peoples in a state of perpetual reassurance, is to dig a legendary canal connecting our Arabian Gulf with the Red Sea, fully embraced by our motherly kingdom, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the owner of miracles in implementing mega-projects and historical positions in politics and economics.
Which has amazed the world on more than one occasion and decision, with a commitment to the participation of all contractors and countries of the “Gulf Cooperation Council” in digging this legendary canal, which will change the world map, and indeed will be a precedent for solving many similar problems witnessed by all continents of the world.
As for the immense benefits, which cannot be enumerated, of this canal, I will dedicate, God willing, one or several articles to it, the foremost of which is addressing and reducing temperature levels across the entire region, and the resulting spectacular landscapes that will revive these dark deserts, not to mention establishing many marine equipment factories, various tourism projects, agricultural land reclamation, building private chalets, bringing consumer markets closer to exporters, and saving the time consumed by oil tankers traveling to distribution areas, in addition to many other matters that cannot be enumerated in this brief overview.
I ask God that this proposal of ours finds receptive ears among those in authority, to put an end to the audacity of this arrogant neighbor.
A Kuwaiti writer
