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Sunday, 25 September 2016

A war in the offing?

So An Indian post was attacked and there was a lot of rhetoric . Politicians and all,of us arm chair critics had our say . The press went to town . The 2 Prime Ministers have attacked and counter attacked each other . Political parties have jumped into the fray . Budding Politicians on both sides of the boarder have marched around their hall rooms with swords , guns and machetes threatening bloodshed like never seen before - then after a drink or two they have gone to bed to... do the same the following day .
Now what?
China has jumped in the fray and made it amply clear that it will brook no interference in Pakistan's affairs.
It has vowed to crush anyone who dares step on Pakistani soil .
This is both an economic and a political tactic.
The USA is so embroiled in own its farcical soap opera that it does not have the inclination or the time to play Big Daddy as it has often done in the past .
Putin is playing the wait and watch game as usual. Japan and Israel need to be looked at closely as well because they are both game changers in their own right .
These are trying times for the world indeed . One wrong move could spell disaster , not only for the subcontinent but the world in general.
In the midst of all this chaos we have various terrorist outfits waiting in the wings for a window of opportunity to put their sinister plans in place and wreck havoc , more often than not on innocent bystanders .
We pray that better sense prevails .
Human beings can do without another world war. I do not want to sound like a prophet of doom but the signs are ominous .

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