Vladimir Putin-Al-Bab’s Man of the year

Vladimir Putin-Al-Bab’s Man of the year

Dr. Jassim Taqui

The expert panel of Al-Bab Institute For Strategic Studies, Islamabad has unanimously selected the Russian President Vladimir Putin to be the 2016’s Man Of The Year.

Putin has proven to be larger than life by opting to undo the policy of war that was perpetrated by the US President Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton on the whole world.

Putin intervened to ensure that the regime of Bashar Al-Assad destroys its chemical weapons. Later, he combined with the international community to find a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war.

Hillary Clinton publicly admitted that she helped the terrorist outfit  ISIS financially and worked with its allies to supply it with billions worth weapons and mercenaries. Thus, the ISIS was enabled to spread its terror to the entire Middle East, North Africa, Subcontinent, and was knocking the doors of Europe, the United States, Turkey, Australia, Canada , and the rest of the world.

Al-Bab suggests that the Nobel Prize Committee should rectify its blunder by taking away the Nobel Prize For Peace it awarded to Obama and present the same to the Russian President Putin.

Putin’s latest initiative has resulted in the evacuation of the foreign fighters in Syria, preparing the ground for peace talk between the warring parties; which is another miracle in the gloomy Syrian civil war. Nobody could think in his/her wild imagination that such a feat could happen. Putin, however, ensured it happened and implemented.

Pursuing a skillful diplomacy, Putin ensured that the terrorist outfits fighting the legitimate Syrian government including al-Nusra Front ( al-Qaeda in the Levant) and the Army of Conquest would be excluded from peace talk.

Pakistan will remember Putin as a great friend. He virtually ended Obama’s scheme of disintegrating Pakistan with the Indian help by supporting CPEC and joining China and Pakistan in the war against terror. Presently, Russia-China-Pakistan Strategic Partnership, which emerged in the last days of 2016, is a reality that stops the mad design of disintegrating Pakistan, which is a nuclear state and the most important regional player in the region.

Putin moved swiftly to improve the ties with Iraq and  Egypt to help the two nations face the tyranny of ISIS. He helped the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi building a new Suez Canal in a record period of 10 months, contributing to the wellbeing of the Egyptian peoples and the Egyptian scheme of promoting peace through tourism, investment and trade.

In Russia, Putin practically solved the issue of militancy by stating that Buddhism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Islam and Judaism are Russia’s traditional religions and a part of Russia’s historical heritage. Thus, Putin practically enforced the principle of co-existence and mutual accommodation.

In the military field, Putin worked hard to reform the military and update weapon system with new military equipment, ships and Space Forces.

In the field of military reform, Putin reduced the armed forces to a strength of one million; reducing the number of officers; centralizing officer training from 65 military schools into 10 “systemic” training centers; creating a professional NCO corps; reducing the size of the central command; introducing more civilian logistics and auxiliary staff; elimination of cadre-strength formations; reorganizing the reserves; reorganizing the army into a brigade system; reorganizing air forces into an air base system instead of regiments.

Despite the illegal US sanctions on Russia , global economic turmoil in the second half of 2014 and low oil prices, Putin’s ensured the revival of the Russian economy. In October, 2014, Putin signed  energy, trade and finance agreements with China worth $25 billion. In 2015, a $400 billion 30-year natural gas supply agreement was also signed with China.

Putin is lifting up Russia with the slogan of peace and rule of law. In the process, he is lifting the entire mankind.