Hunter always preys victims. He/she needs victims like an eagle with prying eyes, hunter is always on the move from Stone Age man to a modern man. From chiseled sharpened stones to sophisticated weapons mankind has journeyed a lot. An odyssey, so to speak.
US, its rulers since decades have turned hunters in search of victims. It can’t help it. Somebody to be conquered, wreak havoc, bombard the ones who resist, make them subservient or destroy – I think it is in its DNA. It can’t tolerate other nations progress beyond them hence it keeps a close vigil like that of an eagle resting somewhere above with prying eyes. A victim always it is in need of.
Be it Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, George Bush Sr. and Jr., Barack Obama, the story is the same one-upmanship.
In the ultra-modern period it has countless ways of bringing a victim under its fold, later befriending it, offering something attractive or lucrative or threatening one who is not willing to come along the dotted lines with dire consequences ranging from massive pounding with lethal, sophisticated weapons thus making the Supreme World body, the UN virtually disabled.
Still the hunter tastes defeat at the hands of lesser entities in its words victims. But it never admits to it. Though by licking wounds donning a brave face, the hunter flees from the determined victim which possesses limited resources and never-say-die-attitude, its thirst for freedom most essential weapons.
Vietnam was one of the defining examples. The sight of victim prevailing over the hunter was witnessed by the whole world with proud and appreciation. A historical moment in the history of the world written in golden letters. The hunter baring its canine tooth, blood oozing long tongue, frightening looks, tentacles, blood thirsty face, its nails clawed and ripped apart the entire national and social fabric of that little victim, bombarded it with Napalm and phosphorous bombs tried to virtually turn it into a desert with no traces of human beings but with determination under the leadership of Hochimin and Gen. Gyap ambushed the hunter forced it to vacate Vietnam leaving behind even its deadly weapons. Yet the hunter never seemed to cow down as it is not in its blood or DNA maintained a high profile in front of world even after biting dust at the hands of a small country.
The hunter is always on prowl and its eyes turned elsewhere. Besides it the former couldn’t sit idle. Piling up nuclear weapons in its kitty along with other weapons of mass destruction- enough and more to turn the entire humanity to ashes it is still moving along with Eagle’s eyes. Monopoly is always a bad thing be it anywhere. One who- whoever he/she is- never can’t digest the growth or development or progress of anyone it is a universal truth hence such tendencies or inclinations need to be nipped in the bud. Sadly in our world many keeps the word close their heart. Its bitter tastes lesser entities continue to endure. In almost all fields in the contemporary world especially in a globalised world with the spread of neo-liberal economic reforms (Thank God, it shows signs of waning as of now) its repercussions are widespread.
Even the incumbent US President, who is a black American who had to slug it out to reach the top post where the whites always preferred to rule the roost- they even termed him racist and all such kinds of epithets- on assumption of office at the Oval office from the very beginning began to talk like a George Walker Bush, his predecessor. The witnessing of some Asian countries showing signs of growing was unbearable to him and in his early days as President thought about imposing protectionism badly affecting outsourcing of jobs to other countries. Yes, agree it was a difficult period for America due to Global meltdown but he should have recalled or borne in mind that it was the undoings of his own predecessors not of the developing countries.
His foreign policy was also in the footsteps of his predecessors. Though with a mellowed approach, talking about ushering in a new world order - of peace and universal harmony he proceeded along continuing US’s fight in Afghanistan, it still goes on there with renewed vigour but with no success in sight and still has not left Iraq, though waiting on the wings keeping a low profile. Wreak destruction first and taste defeat later and mulling a face saving device to withdraw the troops is US’s new strategy.
But no looking back. The hunter’s eyes are following the movements of another victim, this time Iran. Reason not that serious though he blows it out of proportions. The apprehensions of Iran developing a nuclear weapon and to prevent it from manufacturing it- Iran has notwithstanding refuted the accusation- US with the support of 11 nations out of 15 (P5 + 1 including), has passed a resolution in United Nations Security Council imposing tight sanctions or in the words of Hilary Clinton ‘biting sanctions’ on Iran. Laughable indeed.
Prior to imposing sanctions an agreement was already signed under the initiative of Turkey and Latin American giant Venezeula to enrich 1200 kgs of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) of Iran and outside it convert it into medical isotopes to detect cancer in human beings and transfer them it to later. But America not satisfied with the agreement though under the initiatives are of two prominent international players, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Venezeulan President Hugo Chavez.
Here also Monopoly became the last word - who are Erdogan and Hugo Chavez while Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton are around, the final arbiters?
The hunter whether he gets defeated or not in the end never mind he is always on the hunt.
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