By Remy Kerwin.
“Dear Mohammad,
Your definition of democracy is brilliant especially because it involves the fault of a country based on religiosity. Notice that I did not say “religious ” precepts but some kind of religiosity and fervour to discoverthe double lives of politicians and sport figures that our society holds asheroes.
Naturally, the United States of America comes to mind as a confusion of religious affiliations, an extreme appetite for scandals and a ForeignPolicy that emphasizes covert and overt actions and reactions.
The most apparent quality of Mohammad’s language is its clarity, which comes from an ordered mind and soul.
Mr. Mousalli believes that politics based on morality is the foundation for true democracy. In one word : transparency.
The Ripple effect of US Double Standard shows us how the US foreign policy has shaped the world into its actual mess by re-writing natural and previous boundaries, by preaching peace and selling weapons at the same time, by not interfering in stopping a massive catastrophe in Syria and Rwanda and other places.
The Middle East and North Africa are burning to the ground, some fighting factions armed by the Russians and others by the US. It seems that there is an understanding of territorial influences.
Mohammad speaks of realpolitik as major corruption and corruption it is.
Mr. Mousalli is a very ethical, moral man and his own ethics have conducted him to define democracy as based on morality, not religiosity, which is hypocritical. How many tele-evangelists have abused the suffering masses to enrich themselves ?
Here, Morality is seen as respecting the laws of the people as well as the laws of one’s individual conscience. We have seen too many barbarians without a conscience, such as Saddam Hussein who came to be the head of the Iraqi people with the help of the US. There is no doubt that Assad and Gaddhafi were psychopaths and yet, they were allowed to wound and kill in total impunity.
Why ? the answer is because removing them would have gone against US interests in the region.
I am very impressed with Mohammad’s description of Politics. Politics is the conduit to democracy as it should be, untainted and transparent, reflecting the views and demands of a particular people without outside interference.
Morality seen as transparency is the basis of trust. Let us remember how low the concept of trust became in American politics after the Monica Lewinsky affair. Bill Clinton lost face and respect and later a Sport figure Tyger Woods lost his lucrative endorsements.
The United States of America was based on religious tolerance and plurality. Unfortunately with the passing of time, these noble tenets have disappeared into a mish-mesh of secrecy, a lack of freedom for citizens as demonstrated by Edward Snowden’s files on espionage of ordinary people.
Mohammad also sees politics as an Art form. In fact, politics could never be a science even though we are constantly repeating the past. A different interpretation of politics is duplicity and prejudice.
I would like to borrow a quotation by Juan Rolando that comes from AdamSmith ( 1723-1790 ) Renaissance man , educated in all subjects for my conclusion: as so well seen by Mr. Mousalli ” :Social and moral philosophies are interconnected “.
I am also working very hard to influence South Korea to think about its social and moral responsibilities. At the end, pure democracy will remain.”
