Obama and Afghanistan

It has been a common practice in the US, whenever a president encounters domestic problems and criticism, that he resorts to some catastrophic measures abroad to avert public attention from the domestic issue that is not in his favour.

Experience also showed that people whose identity, political opinion or loyalty are under question or scrutiny, have resorted to extreme measures in order to prove his/her loyalty to a dominant political opinion, culture or religion. The experience of Palestinians has showed that they have severely suffered whenever the so-called lenient labour party of the Jewish “state” took over. To show that they are not softer than the extremist Jewish governments, they have inflected catastrophic invasions and aggressions on the Palestinian land and people.

Barack Obama could easily resort to unhelpful actions against sovereign countries like Pakistan and Iran (Pakistan in particular) under the slogan of “war on terror” to prove that he is not Barack HUSSIEN Obama. This will not only have catastrophic consequences on the local people, but will push the whole south-central Asia and surrounding region into a devastating war.

As General Petraeus has intimated that anti-American forces are changing focus to Afghanistan, it provides all the essential ingredients for the next man in the Whitehouse to ignite a fire that will have all potential and characteristics of a World War III.

And have the two World Wars solved any problems? Couldn’t we have solved these through negotiations? Why can’t we just assist and let the indigenous people of countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and so on decide for themselves rather than imposing forces from outside?

I won’t be surprised if Afghanistan and adjoining regions turn into a major battlefield if Mr Obama as president is not surrounded with responsible advisors.