Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan |
One of the Indian poodles of the U.A.E. with AbuDhabi crown prince |
The late Sheikh Zayed bin Al-Nahyan, the former Abu-dhabi ruler, is considered to be the father of United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). The seven emirates namely Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Sharjah, Ras-al-khaimah, Ajman and Umm-al-Qaiwain were struggling under poverty till the 70’s until oil was discovered in AbuDhabi. Sheikh Zayed was the person who brought the seven Emirates together to form a federation called U.A.E. in 1971-72 and strived for its development. Although he was a kind of a statesman, his major Achilles' heel seems to be the number of Marriages he had with women across the globe. Nobody has a clear idea on the number of times he had married. However, most of us know that one of his wives was a Pakistani. As the Wikileaks exposed the prejudice of the crown prince of Abudhabi (son of Sheikh Zayed) Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, towards India and his Betrayel of India on matters related to the latter’s security, one wonders whether his political thoughts had been influenced by his Mother’s nationality.
The crown prince of Abudhabi should look back to his country’s history, which will tell him that his ancestors, a few of them simple merchants, were depending on India to engage in various businesses. As none of the seven Emirates had the currency of their own, the money that was transacted there until the 70’s was the Indian Rupee. UAE was so much under developed those days that many of the present day Sheikhs and their ancestors made their livelihood by plundering the ships that passed through the Arabian Sea. It is no wonder that the sea bandits turned emperors are showing their true colours.
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