By Riya Karan
We all have grown up listening that with great power comes greater responsibilities. Well, I didn’t know back then that only the selected responsibilities shall be taken up by the world leaders and so-called powerful nations—only the responsibilities that suit their interest and their agenda.
I watch the world making comments on India’s response to terror and am immediately thrown back to the time when 9/11 was executed and the responses and the flowers of condolences that were poured into it.
Nothing like comparing graveyards, but watching the world’s regimes’ reaction—discriminating on it—actually pains my human heart, which certainly many in the world miss having. How does the West decide that the Indian graveyard is of less value—so much so that they advocate for de-escalation—and the American one was enough to wage wars against the organizations they built and facilitated?
Is not the doctrine of the Global War Against Terrorism included that every act of terror against every and any country must be responded to brutally with force? If yes, then why do I hear the screams about de-escalation from the world leaders, states’ statements, and their mouthpiece media outlets?
I do not think that was a Global War Against Terrorism; it was, moreover, NATO’s war against terrorism. They seriously should name it that.
Interestingly, I do not remember Osama’s existence being resolved by diplomatic channels but by an operation done by the US Navy SEALs. Surprisingly, when India does the same and targets the terror camps and the military cantonments which were the actual brain behind the massacre in the land of India, what I hear from the West is not a word of encouragement in contributing to the cause of the Global War on Terror, but the word “de-escalation.” How hypocritical of them. They are exposing themselves with no shame and remorse now.
Words set the tone and intentions of the country on the world stage forums, and the words that I have heard aren’t well-suited or even pleasant to hear.
I would like to quote the tweet made by an Indian journalist, Siddhant Sibal from WION, which said:
“White House on India-Pakistan tension: ‘President wants to see it de-escalate.'”
What tone exactly is this? Is the President of the US a flag bearer of the world system? But I remember it to be anarchical—and how it shall work—who decides the rules? Clearly not the G7 on our behalf. As far as I remember, I have no memory of the US President being elected as the South Asian peace establisher or negotiator.
And if the US President is so keen to have a say on the matter of 17.7% of the world’s population, then he should consider all the factors in check, including the following:
If the West is desperate to see the de-escalation, well then, they shouldn’t have permitted the IMF to fund the terror state.
And was the Trump administration sleeping when Maxar sold out the high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam to Pakistan? Were they not informed? I highly doubt so.
The West never holds Pakistan accountable for the terrorism it spreads. Otherwise, despite the images and videos of Pakistani Army officials attending the funeral of terrorists, they decided to fund them through IMF.
What exactly is the dirt the West is trying to camouflage that Pakistan has over them?
Is the master scared that the dog might fall in its lap and bark against them?
Is the West repaying the loyalty of slavery during the Cold War era when India clearly had a stand of its own?
If the conscience of the West is pure and clear, they wouldn’t have asked us to de-escalate—rather asked the terror factory to shut down the industry of suicide bombers.
Well, the self-proclaimed guardian isn’t the guardian for real but a terror-funding criminal that hides well behind the nice suits and dresses.
The last thing the West should be is a moral compass for the world—when in the name of the Global War on Terror they just bombed and destroyed nations where Weapons of Mass Destruction were never found.
They want us to play the role of a good cop and mature nation.
Surely, we are mature. Our civilizational history outnumbers the existence of the entire West—and one thing we learned from our thinkers is to hold our ground and protect ourselves against any and every foreign intruder, be it diplomatically or militarily.
Kautilya must be proud. Sam must be smiling.
This one was for Mumbai, Uri, Pathankot, Pulwama, Pahalgam—and more.
I’m a real Chinese from China. But I hate Communism and love freedom and thus democracies. So I hope that India will prevail over Pakistan! As to the point of if India is a mature country, I think that there must be a benchmark to discuss this topic. First of all, the current world is very uneven in terms of almost everything, from stands of living, political systems, social and cultural traditions, to just name a few. But that said, there are still some universal standards and paradigms that can represent the advancement level of humanity as a whole in this 21st century of human history. These universal merits can’t be something that is only judged by the time frame. Like precious Chinese Panda which had walked with Dinosaurs hundreds of millions of years ago, it now is facing distinction soon even if there is no specific time table for this. The fundamental problem with Panda is that its genetic codes becomes so weak now days that it can hardly breed in the wild to sustain the species. So from the modern point of view, Panda is no longer a vibrant species any more rather than a living relic and has no much meaning for the current life evolution. This case can be a metaphor in human civilizations. India is an ancient country that has thousands of years history which “outnumbers the existence of the entire West”, but it doesn’t necessary mean that India has the highest civilization standards and paradigms. In reality, India has a lot of outdated social and cultural traditions that are no match for the modern world, things like the Indian Caste System, Open Defecation in Rural India (maybe the situation is now a little bit improved), etc. In contrast, the West civilization is the best result of human revolution despite of some flaws. One thing that the West culture as whole differ from the traditional ones like Chinese Cultures, Indian Cultures, or in general, the Eastern Cultures, is that it can frankly face the reality and face the fact when bad things happen. In the anti-terrorism campaign launched by US after 911, yes, it might not be the right thing to invade a sovereign country like Afghanistan to hunt down the terrorists for a lengthy time, but now, the new Trump administration has realized that misconducts and tries to set up a new world conduct. You can’t say that because US used to keep salves in the past, then we can now keep slaves too. The human societies are moving forward toward a more civilized way and all of us should try to follow that way rather than go back to history for some bad habits to achieve more harmful results. Now just to look at the reality that India is facing tells how India should behave and maintain itself as a powerful country in the world. To deter and even punish the terrorists, India should utilize more economical and soft power rather than military force, and at the time, India should align itself with the world’s most powerful democracies like USA, Japan, Australia, France, to just name a few rather than doing everything alone. Even if Pakistan is a much smaller country, India can’t wipe it out because of nukes that could cause the unbearable results for India. Also, China is the major enemy of India, if China is still much more powerful, India will not have a chance to completely beat Pakistan which is the puppet of China and thus full relay on China. As a result, India must adjust itself to this harsh reality and face it, so the reasonable and smart choice is to give up Indian obsolete non-alignment mentality and policy by joining the West as a reliable ally. This is the only option for India to solve Pakistan and China problem. Here, Russia has a nothing but bad role to play for India’s final and long term interest! Wake up, Indians! Good luck, India.