Since the fall of the twin towers, each day seems to bring us closer to an Orwellian
nightmare. A war without end driven by spoon-fed ideologies, consuming the world.Despite a common Abrahamic origin that so many of us share, we somehow cannot seem to see our oneness.
In the face of what the media portrays, despite Bush's cheerful visits to mosques, the Muslim world sees their activities as modern day imperialism. Which perhaps it is...but lets not go there. They see it as the West against Islam, and the conflict continues to escalate.
Last year, the world had seen Israel attack Lebanon in response to the guerrilla activities of Hezbollah.This year we saw the 'Lebanon conflict' between the Fatah-al-Islam and the Lebanese Armed Forces. With worries over Iran's nuclear program, there is a lot of concern that the US would invade Iran next. But with their forces overextended already, the United States lacks the resources necessary to sustain a conflict with Iran.
Guess I didn't really think about Israel, its partner in the Middle East.
After 9/11, terrorists have attacked India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Spain,London, Bali, the lot. The Taliban are regrouping in Afghanistan and its government seems ever so shaky. According to the 2007 "Failed States Index", Iraq has recently emerged as the world's second most unstable country, following Sudan, tipping ever-heavily towards a civil war. North Korea is rattling its nuclear tipped sabres. Oil prices are at record highs and support for our foreign adventures back here at home is wavering.
It seems likely that as we continue to get bogged down in quagmires of our own making, other conflicts will emerge. And as truth becomes the first casualty of war,long bottled tensions will suddenly bubble up.
Perhaps the Global War on Terror is really World War Three, only most of us just haven’t realized it yet.
Photos of Israel's war on Lebanon (Warning: These images could be very disturbing)
3 comments:
disturbing they r.
i dnt c an end to this war.. wil go on n on unless both sides reach a compromise.. rite now american imperialism, as u'v ritely called it, is not giving away even an inch to the jihadis let alone a compromise. infact america's stand on the terrorism issue is punctured wid billion dollar aids to pakistan. they r grooming terrorists in a way and then to net a few of them they r killing thousands..
hehe.
this time i completely agree.
lets see what happens in 2009. thats when it willbe decided how much change there will be in the US policy.
rather than calling it a third world war..this is possibly revisiting the crusades...i like the expression pertaining to the bottling the truth...but it is possibly in these multifarious conflicts that america is imposing on the world, it is sowing the seeds of its own destruction...only time will tell..
@ sayan
in ur comment, is there a particular socio-ecnomic reason for putting 2009 or was it used figuratively?
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