Enmity has been always there associated with mankind since the first moment of
creation… its circle even widened from the Satan to include children and
spouses as they too could be enemies as stated in the Quranic verse “O you who have believed,
indeed, among your wives and your children are enemies to you, so beware of
them. But if you pardon and overlook and forgive - then indeed, Allah is
Forgiving and Merciful.”
By time, enemies, enmity and aggression – and all that
connect to this theme – have become a subject of research… and even innovation
in many knowledge branches that may include psychology, social psychology,
history, economics, international relations, military sciences and other… there
are even other sciences that may help in this issue too like chemistry, physics,
mathematics, medicine and all that connect to the arms industry, information
technology and other.
However, the most important thing in such aspect – as I
think – is an enemy of special nature… more dangerous than all foreign enemies
no matter strong or powerful they are… that enemy is the collapse of the
national immune system… that immune system that if we broke it down to its elements,
we would find the nation’s intellect, conscience, history, civilization,
culture, cohesion, balance, education, health and its awareness of its position
and present time.
In politics they say there is no such thing as a lasting
enmity or lasting friendship as to relations with the foreign powers. However,
there are different kinds of international relations that are shaped according to the
nation’s geographical position and role… in many times, the geographical situation
is a reason for fighting among the foreign powers and competition in the
regional area… many do not pay attention to such thing… those many are the people
who do not adopt this rule of lasting enmity or lasting friendship in their
vision for their relations with other nations… because it is not about unfriendly
or friendly relations but rather about determining the sources and
possibilities of danger that may attack the nation.
But if it was proven that the nation – due to its
geographical position and role – is exposed to a constant danger from certain regional
and international powers… and there are evidences in history that corroborate
this… then it is more right to talk about the sources of danger and not the
sources of aggression… as a result, determining the foreign enemy is related to
determining where the foreign danger is and its nature… only then we can know
who the enemy is.
If we made a connection between the first enemy – that
is the collapse of the national immune system – and the second foreign one, we
would discover that all powers that were in enmity with Egypt and wanted to undermine
its role, destroy its powers and prevent it from achieving progress, actually
started by first working on attacking its national immune system in order for the
Egyptian cultural civilization complex structure that was accumulated throughout
hundreds of centuries to decompose… so that it would become like water when
exposed to certain effects, it will decompose to its basic elements; meaning
Oxygen and Hydrogen… at that time, there will be no water… you will not be able
to quench your thirst as some Oxygen and some Hydrogen will do you no good when
you are thirsty.
I know this was a long introduction but I had to write
it… now we can say that the historical evidences confirmed that the foreign
danger attacking Egypt always came from the east and north… also most of the
civilization and cultural interaction that enriched Egypt’s culture came from
the same directions… while there were little danger and interaction from the
south and west.
And so, the ancient Egyptians, during the flourishing
times of the Egyptian role, outlined the borders of the nation’s security both
geographically and politically – meaning geo-politics-wise – as extending from
the African Horn to the reversed sources of water; meaning Tigris and Euphrates…
it is known that they were called reversed waters since they run from the north
to the south while the River Nile runs from south to north. Consequently, the
Egyptian nation’s defense was always directed towards the Red Sea and south to
beyond Mandeb Strait… and towards the north-east; meaning Sinai, Palestine and Taurus
Mountains… in order to protect the nation against dismantle, fragmentation,
looting and foreign occupation.
Also foreign invasion waves since the Persians,
Tatars, Moghuls, Crusades and the Zionist enemy… all came from this
geographical field determined by our ancient ancestors as borders of our
national security… and despite the modern colonial powers that invaded
Egypt came from the north like the French and English, they themselves realized
they cannot impose their rule in Egypt unless they besiege it and undermine its
national security by controlling the Levant area which geo-politically includes
modern Syria, Lebanon and before them Palestine and eastern Jordan
Is there any more telling or clearer way to determine
the sources of danger and hence the aggression and consequently determine
who the enemy is?... in simple words, the enemy is the one who always tries to
control Egypt’s north-eastern gate and disconnect its land and marine routes to
the areas that represent its security circle… and it happened that those areas
are our Arab world and nation.
I will not give more details in this issue of dangerous domestic enemy; that is the collapse of the national immune system
anymore as the details are countless and impossible to list in an article.
Translated into English by: Dalia Elnaggar
This article was published in
Al-Mossawar magazine, issue no. 4837 on June 21, 2017.
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