Indiscriminate
killing of people (and even animals) is a heinous crime no matter who does it
or where it happens. One can only sympathize with the unsuspecting Parisian who
were going about their usual routines and suddenly found themselves in the
middle of a mayhem in which many innocent citizens got killed and injured. Even
more saddening is the fact that more indignities and curtailment of civil
liberties of the French in general and Parisians in particular will follow in
the wake of this tragedy.
Yesterday
I made it a point to watch BBC and CNN’s coverage of the event as much as
possible. BBC had a constant ticker saying that French president Hollande had
accused the Islamic State of the attack although the gentleman himself had used
the Arabic acronym ‘Daesh’ and the commentators made it a point to put emphasis
on the word Islamic in all their comments. At one time there was also a report
that the Pope had called the Paris carnage a prelude to World War 3. There are
people in the world who might interpret the Pope’s alleged statement as a
divine signal to start a new crusade against the Muslims. One wonders how much
influence Zionists and Hindu extremists have in BBC; both of whom would love to
see a religious war between Christians and Muslims. CNN’s coverage was
considerable sane and sober; perhaps they have learnt from 9/11.
The
irony of fate is that not only the Paris carnage but also a lot of death and
destruction in Syria could easily have been prevented. For months we have been
seeing the pictures of long columns of brand new latest model Toyota trucks carrying
ISIS troops. Toyota trucks are not made in the deserts of Syria. They must have
been imported from Japan. If any of the many intelligence agencies involved had
taken the trouble of obtaining the chassis or engine number of any one of these
trucks, the supply route and the financial support of ISIS could have been
traced within hours. Very strange that nobody thought of it.
Let
us use hindsight to analyze this situation. Al-Qaida, its jihadist network and
Taliban were financed and trained for the specific purpose of confronting the
Communists in Afghanistan and preventing them from advancing towards the ‘free
world’. The ill educated Muslim mercenaries who believed that the pre-Islamic
Arabian culture (jahlia) was the true Islamic way of life did a great job and
not only liberated Afghanistan but in the process also dismantled the Soviet
Union. Quite naturally the Taliban &
Co felt that they had a right to rule the conquered land as per their whims and
refused to hand over the booty to the financiers. The result is before us.
Syria
is the last stronghold of Communism in the Middle East and it seems that
Abubakr Baghdadi was chosen as the new Osama bin Laden for Syria who managed to
raise an army of ill-educated rustic Muslims similar to the Taliban. But as the
gang started achieving military successes, it also declared the formation of
ISIS (a mockery of an Islamic state) which angered its sponsors. The Russians would naturally do everything to
protect their only remaining ally.
Since
most of the lands conquered or liberated by them are still under the effective
control of the US military, I would appeal to them to stop this game of death
and destruction and invest in the education and uplift of backward people of
all religions and races. With signs of extra-terrestrial life becoming more
positive, they would still have a role and importance in a peaceful and
harmonious world of tomorrow.
