The day after 9/11, the privileged Gulf rulers and their cronies rushed to offer their condolences, money and blood for the victims. We then witnessed the subsequent massacres in Jenin, Mazar-e-Sherif and now the o­ngoing slaughter in Iraq, no sign of those regimes offering anything.

Rather the opposite, in fact, as they are not even content to remain "passive" in this o­ne-sided carnage - which is despicable and perverse, when you consider that vast majority of the non-Arab/Muslim countries are vehemently opposed to this unprovoked aggression.

These Arab regimes have willingly offered their countries to be used as military bases, as well as fuel stops for planes, tanks and the military transportation that are being used to commit this genocide in Iraq.

As the aged, children and women are being blown to pieces, those who remain alive are expected to accept this as a war of "liberation".

The medieval crusaders inflicted similar carnage with the help of the tinpot dictators of the time, each of whom struck separate deals with the marauding invaders to preserve their self-interest and, in the process, sacrificed the wider community. Is history not repeating itself?

It is no secret that the Arab league/OIC (Organisation of Islamic Conference) has no teeth but has it also lost its voice. Whilst most Arab/Muslim countries have indirectly aided this 'war' by their silence and inaction, the Gulf countries are pro-actively aiding the Anglo-US aggression, and consequently bolstering Israel. An inevitable outcome of this 'war' will led to strengthening the relative power of Israel in the region.

Thus the conduct of these Gulf regimes clearly demonstrates that they are effectively functioning as undeclared members of the axis of "liberators" (US, UK, Israel), hence questions should be raised as to the real purpose of their existence within the Arab League/OIC!