Political Toys

By Nuha Dadesh 

     Let me start out by stating that politics is a dirty game; a disgusting, filthy one. It's like a pool of water that's infected with fungus, algae, and all kinds of mycotoxins! You can say that meddling in it would be like diving into un-chlorinated water!

     Since we are referring to it as a game, lets identify the players: the ones who wanted to play because they know the rules and how to find their loopholes, and those who just found themselves in it and can't come out. At the end of every game, there always ends up those who are considered the winners who can't help but burst with joy, and obviously the losers. But it's a malicious game, this politics, and these losers end up not only losing in it, but at everything else!

     Every politician needs a way to propose his/her agenda. However, politicians' agendas are not what's necessarily the best for everyone else, but they won't be the ones to tell you that,of course! So they find a voice that you won't just believe, but you'll also admire and take heed at whenever you hear it.
First- they need your attention and a way to lure you in. And what are the attractions one succumbs to easily? I'll answer that: a coherent smart-mouth with a pretty face speaking in a flawless accent. Moreover, blatant lies and made-up tales are easily distinguishable and dismissed! Hence, the truth will be essential -although it's usually rebuked by those politicians. The players will take hold of it, twist, and turn it into their own version of the truth! In other words, they'll shape reality into something that your brain will be tempted by and will simultaneously fit their agenda.
Lastly, I read once that "competence is attractive", and so this voice will be perfectly competent at being heard. All is left is for the audience to listen and believe whatever is told on that box with the irresistible, good-looking faces!

     A story that got Libyans all over the world staggering is the story of the slave auctions in Libya. First and foremost, there's no denying that this is not one of those "Fake News" segments. It involved some ugly truths about Libya and its Libyans. As implied, there's racism in Libya. For instance, some backward-minded Libyans have the audacity to call out people of color a word that means slave (which is a fact that CNN reporter didn't forget to mention).However, average, every-day Libyans wouldn't stoop so low as to have these auctions of human beings who only ended up here because they desperately wanted a refuge as a normal sighting with no backlash against. In fact, Libya is a home to many refugees who are treated with respect, sympathy, and empathy. The CNN report that has apparently astounded people all over the world, including celebrities who helped spread it on their private social media networks, unequivocally has a greater, political purpose not easily comprehended by average denizens of the world. Maybe, it has a pathetic aim at giving the US government and its French ally a mandate to invade Libya and, simultaneously,an illusion that it's serving the world an act of heroism-when in fact, it's the enemy we're victims of.
     This report reminded me of when Himmler's SS troops marched into a Polish radio-channel studio and fabricated an audio that implied that Poland had declared war on Germany to help Hitler's horrendous agenda. While, as time revealed, it was Germany who desired a war with Poland.

     I guess, there will come a day when we'll see the consequences of this innocent, sympathetic appearing report, and politicians will laugh at how gullible we can be. Nevertheless, there will also come a day when they will be humiliated by their vicious acts in front of all mankind on Judgment Day, and they won't be the ones with the last laugh.