Wednesday, May 26, 2010

North South East West .. Got War?

United States wages war in Afghanistan –“Come on now, you all have seen him hide WMDs, Right?”

Tensions mounting between North and South Korea –“You sank my Battleship”.

High level of distrust between India and Pakistan – “India in Afghanistan to attack us. I Knew it!!”
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Pakistan indirectly wages war in Afghanistan and in its own Borders- “Hey we are doing something , Aright? Back off!!

India and Maoists- “You slap me I blow you up”

Britain in Afghanistan Fighting Terrorists – “Ok USA, We have nothing else to do so might as well…”

India in Afghanistan –“hey I am trying to help my friend America here"

China breaches India border line-They were feeling left out.

Israel and Gaza – have they ever not fought in existence?

So these are some of the news (or mostly what one sees) on a day to day basis. People or rather countries on the verge of fighting or in the battle ground already. One thing that the war in Afghanistan has made clear to the world is that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. USA or rather Bush and now Obama at the moment, are yet to taste the icing.
Though most of the fighting is for World Peace, is it going anywhere? Are people feeling more secure, safe and are people really free?

One thing is for certain; all of the countries fighting Terror Groups in Afghanistan may have reduced the number of terrorist attacks but have not yet figured out how to stop them once and for all. It’s not easy but sometimes I feel in this age of technology and countries possessing so much military strength and financial backing , still find it difficult to track down one person responsible for almost everything bad going on in this world.

Countries have not only started to panic for obvious reasons but are going into overdrive. No one feels safe anymore. People live in some countries not knowing if they will see another day alive. It can no longer be termed as ‘Fear’; it has unfortunately become a way of life.

You might have seen the movie “A Wednesday” where naseeruddin shah plays the role of a normal middle class person, who takes on the government’s lenient approach to terrorists and in turn blows them up. That movie has triggered many discussions whether people termed as terrorists deserve to have rights. Recently the lone terrorist involved in the Times Square Plot has clearly shunned all ideas that America after 9 11 , in spite of beefing up security 1000 fold , still can be penetrated and with ease. He unfortunately being a citizen of USA was given rights which for reasons unknown were waived by him.

As tony stark(iron man) once said “Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy”, holds true to what all countries feel like.
I often wonder, do the people who are on the other side know what they do are bad? Because just how we feel they are bad and we are good, they may feel that we are bad and they are good!

Terrorism remains to be the most sensitive and dangerous form of all problems the world faces at this moment. This can very much trigger a war that will see countries take sides. Hardly have I felt the terrorists are acting on their own. We may not know much but there are powerful people and countries backing them. It’s not possible for so many people to go unnoticed unless there was someone more powerful than them shielding their every move. Unfortunately you can’t go around pointing at people when you don’t have enough proof.

People will go to any length to seek a possible solution to the worlds never ending problems. But bear in mind that these problems are not ordinary and they require not only time but also a lot of money, people and commitment to continue the fight until the end. After the first war against weapons of mass destruction happened, people were happy momentarily, but the glaring fact remains that the war has not yet been won, it has just started.

I fail to see what solutions we can achieve with the direction this world is heading to. Not only are we fighting against certain groups but we are fighting against time too. We may very well win the war on terrorism some day but at what cost? It still remains to be seen.

Rather than trying to grab headlines with what little progress countries seem to be making in their own respective fights. I doubt we will see a day when everything stops and people promote life, more than anything else.

Me being mostly skeptical about what I just said above,believe that unless you have the most biggest powerful weapon that human kind has ever known, will the world actually take notice of you and do as you say.

For some the weapon might just be Love.

But again being skeptical of what I just said it has been proved that “Fear is more powerful than Love”.

1 comment:

sraraswathi Rapur said...

very thoughtful and indepth.keep it up !