Bombs awayAt best, an unpredictable future [Archives:2008/1146/Opinion]

It goes without saying if there is any method of being able to predict where the beloved country of Yemen is heading and how it is going to get there, it would be through an analysis of the trends which are outstanding in the various spheres and sectors that govern the way life is progressing. When one looks at the past week's events, it would seem that a really grim picture is being smeared on the walls of the crystal ball that helps tell the people of the country our future destinations. This unfortunate state of affairs is without a doubt the doings of the regime, which has forgotten that it is also made up of citizens of the country, who have taken it upon themselves to regard themselves as divinely ordained rulers, who have an inalienable right to rule by impulse and nothing else!

These are some of the highlights of last week's events: a list of mysterious bombings; the events in the South; the tragic resumption of fighting in the already war torn region of Sa'ada; the ongoing uncontrollable price hikes in just about everything the people eat, drink and even breathe (since pollution has now degraded the quality of air we breathe and the obvious costs of treating respiratory diseases and the maladies of poor sanitation disposal) and the continuing untiring efforts of the regime to do away with any semblance of freedom of expression and all channels of criticism against the mockery that the regime has made of Government. How do the leaders of this country truly find themselves aloof from all the heartaches of crying children whose mothers can no longer pay the cost of nursing milk, if they are unable to breastfeed their infants (as for disposable diapers; well they are now regarded as a luxury item)? How do the leaders of our land still find themselves possessive of the right of perpetual contempt for all those who criticize their incompetence and their corrupt and evil intents in just about everything they do “on behalf of the people