Obama,
The World Bungler: Perception Of People In The Nobel Peace
Prize
9 March 2010By Sriana Nurfirman
The imminent arrival of
president Barack Obama to Indonesia harvested many
protests. The pros and cons continue to flow in.
Various opinions from various circles turn up one
after another. There are those who prepare for the
reception and there are also those who oppose it
outright.
Despite already having been awarded the Nobel peace
prize, it never changes the perception of many people
about Obama. As the number 1 in the superpower
country, the public’s spotlight on him never stops,
such as what happened on 22nd February 2010 recently,
when the government of Afghanistan exposed NATO’s air
strike that killed 21 civilians. Earlier, America
under the command of Obama as the president had sent
30 thousands additional forces to spill blood in
Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, in Iraq, thousands of American forces are
still committing butcheries. Millions of people have
become victims of the American brutality. Not to
mention the Zionist state of Israel which receives
full supports from Obama and thus continues to
slaughter the Palestinians unremittingly, after being
successful in turning that small country into a
roofless “prison” for its populations. Obama was also
turning deaf and dumb when the Jewish entity massacred
1300 Muslims in Gaza.
The irony is, this country that always claimed to be
championing the basic human rights is silent over the
brutalities and inhumanities perpetrated by its
forces, as if “hiding the hand after throwing the
stone” (proverb meaning: someone who doesn’t want to
be responsible for their actions). Obama still has not
closed the Guantanamo prison, the place of detention
and tortures of innocent Muslims, despite already
having promised to do it.
What is the purpose of Obama's visit to Indonesia?
There surely is an objective and intention for this
so-called number one man’s need to set foot in this
disorderly country. As a country in which the number
of its Muslim population is the biggest in the world,
Indonesia is indeed a suitable stopping ground for
Obama in order to heal his bad name and give America a
positive image for the Islamic world. As if Obama
wants to show to the world that he could still hold
hands with Muslim rulers. Obama wants the world to
know that he could not only kill the Muslims but also
embrace them. For what? To get the benefits from it.
To tie up its power more tightly until it becomes more
subjected to America. And what is certain is that, the
goal of the imperialist invader country is to
completely scrape the natural wealth out of this
fertile and abundant country, until all its citizens
are getting poorer and more needy, so that they could
easily be controlled.
How about the leader of this country where the
majority its populations are Muslim? President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is a trusted man of Obama. Why
not? SBY himself admitted that America is his second
country and he would love it with all of its errors.
Meaning, whatever is being said by America, it is all
YES, without even caring whether the people agree or
not. Even though peaceful demonstrations protesting
the coming of Obama have been held everywhere,
President SBY still does not want to know about it. On
the contrary, he even makes extraordinary preparations
for the reception. That is democracy. He said
sovereignty is in the hands of the people, but
apparently, even though the people had shouted to the
loudest pitch of their voices, they are still unheard
by the rulers. Maybe sovereignty is not in the hands
of the lower people after all, but in the hands of the
people who are aristocrats.
As intelligent Muslims, we must have a strong basis in
our actions. In the time when Allah hates the people
who are hostile to Islam, we are also obligated to
hate them. In the time when the enemies of Allah wants
to set foot in this country, it is just logical for us
to reject them. It is haram for us to shake
hands with the murderers of Muslims whose hands are
still stained with the blood of our brothers and
sisters.
May, one day, the Muslims be able to have a genuine
leader. A leader who is amanah (trustworthy)
and who is truly a protector of the subjects he leads.
We are longing for a firm leader like Khalifah Al-Mu’tasim
Billah, who sent thousands of Muslim forces when
knowing that a Muslimah was abused by the Roman
soldiers. Only with Islam that the Muslims could be
successful again. Only by using the law of Islam that
the Muslims could again become the rahmatan lil
‘alamin.
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