February comes this year with a different flavor in Kuwait, another taste that has its reflections on the whole region. In this month there are two anniversaries which are dear to the heart of every Kuwaiti. The first of them is Independence Day, on which Kuwait emerged as a state and an independent entity with its status in the international community. The second is Liberation Day, celebrating liberation from the imprisonment of the aggression launched by the former Iraqi regime. I say former because this is the radical change that has occurred this year