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Sowing seeds of hatred
(Dr M S Jillani, September 19, 2002)
The picture described above should not be seen with coloured glasses. It is based upon questions that occur to observers of global power politics in the context of growing competition in a world with limited resources. Since the natural endowments are being depleted fast, their habitual consumers and wasters are looking for possessions which would guarantee the supply of needed merchandise for some time to come. President Bush's address to the General Assembly, if seen in the light of these compulsions makes the matter very grave. Marauders looking for resources to maintain and enhance their life-style can adopt deadly means. What happened to Red Indians in America, or to their environment, or to the aborigines in Australia are examples of unprincipled atrocities that can be unleashed upon original proprietors of resources. . . . Analysis apart, the fact remains that the West is threatening the Muslim world without naming it. . . . Many more such indictments can be framed against Iraq, and for that matter any country. By this time, everybody knows that Mr Bush has some 'secret' reason to attack Iraq irrespective of support at the UN Security Council. There does not seem to exist much patience in the US administration for giving negotiations or the compliance with the United Nations resolutions a chance to avoid bloodshed of innocent civilians (Mr Saddam Hussein does not dwell in the middle of a desert or the Antarctic). One only hopes that the price of misadventures against Iraq and terrorists (read Muslims) has been calculated. Aggression against any Muslim country will only produce more terrorists, aggravate anti-US sentiments, push friends of the United States into a corner and lead to polarisation which could destabilise a large part of the world by making its people insecure.

posted by LoZo 1:05 PM