Previously I thought that Bashir’s rants about the Israeli support for Darfur’s rebels and the UN resolution being a Zionist plan to recolonize Sudan were just pure propaganda and a way for him to rally public support against any UN troops trying to make their way into Darfur under chapter 7. After watching this clip on MEMRI, I got a strong impression that Omar al-Bashir does to some certain extent believe his own rants. To watch the clip click search and select Sudan under the “country selection” option. After that click on the search button at the bottom of the page. The clip is #569. Sorry, I didn’t know how to link to the video directly.
Keep in mind 2 things. The first is that he considers America’s refusal to lift sactions from Sudan as an act of betrayal especialy after the NCP has provided so much intel about Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. The second is that Omar al-Bashir fought with the Egyptian army in the 1973 war against Israel. I suspect that has left a profound effect on him.
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I think that leaders usually believe what they say much more than ordinary people assume. In fact I found Arab public opinion paranoic about their own leaders to the same degree as they are paranoic about american or western intentions. This never ending obsession with conspiracies and hidden agenda is apparently a part of the middle eastern mentality.
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