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Written by: Yasser Qabilat

History is a gracious house, whoever enters it thinks that it is his permanent home, and his sure possession throughout the times, and in all circumstances and situations, and it does not require anything in particular to keep it.

This is just a deceptive impression, as great powers and ancient societies have always suffered from expulsion from this blessed house, despite the power, influence and long standing they enjoyed in it.

Today, the West, and Europe in particular, is confronted with the fact that it will no longer be the exclusive inhabitant of history, nor its sole ruler. In front of him is one of two possibilities; To accept partnership in this house, and this has requirements and dues, or to leave it.

Despite the criticality of this situation, in which the West finds itself, it buries its head in the sand, continues the state of denial, and raises its voice with positions and statements that are not consistent with reality, and do not help his condition in anything, statements that do not find their way into an action that can be realistically translated, and are nothing more than being Just dogmatic at the wrong time.

It used to be that the West showed great flexibility and pragmatism on its way to achieving its endeavors, being skilled in producing a bright, soft discourse, covered with values, freedoms, and so on, that envelops its policies and its direct interest goals, but this, apparently, has changed in the recent period with the The global situation worsened, and the international tensions intensified. All the arguments and starting points on which it is based, and cited by the West in dealing with the global situation, have become weak and fragile, and do not convince anyone. Nevertheless, it does not stop talking, lamenting about energy security, or fighting in another region about international law and state sovereignty, or arrogant in others. To install himself as a guardian of freedoms and the rights of groups and minorities, but rather he is not satisfied with that, as we find him elsewhere taking on the role of an advocate of peace, so he denounces war and violence so strongly that whoever hears and sees him believes that he is composed of neutral countries that have not fought wars in their lives, nor have they practiced violence, and we have witnessed There is a lot of this and that in our region, and everyone may have noticed that the West, in the context of marketing its positions and policies, has lost its effectiveness and no longer has that influence.

In short, it can be said that the credibility of Western discourse is no longer trusted in general.

To begin with, the West's need to create a basis and justification for its behavior may not be something new or out of the ordinary, but that its justifications and discourse, which it mobilizes, to justify its positions and policies and make them more acceptable, are themselves unacceptable. This is a new matter, and it has many suggestive meanings. Perhaps the first of these refers to his inability to defend and market these positions and policies.

but why?

No one is superior to the West in the field of marketing and justifying its policies and actions. Therefore, its arrival at this stage, in which it is unable to produce that persuasive discourse, means in the first place that its policies have gone beyond logic, and to an extent that cannot be defended or justified.

And if politics usually refers to the rational thinking part of states, then going with it beyond what logic can accept means confusion and lack of a strategic vision that allows realizing challenges and awareness of necessities, and the possibility of reconciling the impossible with the possible within acceptable limits that meet the goals.

The matter is not merely a failure to create the appropriate contexts, but it is more evident in the failure in the field of the ability to produce and enforce a realistic policy that can allow the West to maintain its position in history, especially at this pivotal moment, in which nations crowd and scramble.

Yes, what is happening is very clear. There are many countries and societies, (including countries described by a European official as “barbaric jungles”), steadily stepping towards entering history, while many Western countries stand desperate and confused, not even having the will to try to avoid leaving. from him.

Avoiding leaving history, just like entering it, requires a will, an attitude, and a decision, and before that a prudent and realistic vision, not the noise of statements and unproductive stances.

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