US War Mongering
For more than four decades people of Pakistan have been
living in the conditions that can be termed worse than war. In war there is
clear differentiation between friend and foe, rules of combat are decided and
those violating the rules can face trial for committing war crimes. However, in
this part of world various proxy wars are being fought, where funds and arms
are being supplied by those who have vested interest.
If one country is keen in
possessing Pakistan’s atomic installations, other is keen in occupying its coastline.
If a country is keen in taking over control of mineral resources some others
are adamant at fragmenting the country to create ‘landlocked’ countries to keep
those permanently dependent on them and keep on fighting proxy wars for them.
Though, many critics are still shy to accept that whatever
is happening around the globe is aimed at getting control on resources from fossil
oil to other natural resources and from water to right to collect booty on the
movement of goods. These were the reason super powers developed colonies around
the world and are still doing the same, may be in a slightly refined manner but
are as brutal as they were centuries ago.
They have no regard for human life
whatsoever and those who claim to be the champions of human rights are the
worst. Pakistan is not alone similar stories are also going on in Arabian
Peninsula, Africa, South Asia, Central Asia etc. Pakistan remains in lime light
because it is rich in food, fossil oil and minerals and above all ‘the oldest
trade corridor’. Movement of energy products has further highlighted its
importance.
On one side are oil and gas rich Arabian Peninsula and North
Africa and on the other side are energy starved India, China, Bangladesh,
Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Super powers have created funds which drive prices of
fossil oil and gas. As booty collectors they demand money for the safe and
speedy movement of energy products. To maintain their complete control, they
install and topple governments in countries that try to defy the rules.
Monarchs are often hostage and this could be best understood if one looks at
Saudi Arabia.
The country is the biggest producer and exporter of fossil
oil. It is the biggest beneficiary of high oil price but it is only one side of
the story. Every year it is buying arms worth billions of dollars, last year it
had procured arms worth US$35 billion, so whatever it earned from sale of oil
went to the pockets arms sellers, United States is the biggest seller of arms
in the world.
Saudis are made to believe that Iran is a bigger threat as
compared to Israel. This on one hand allows United States to get support to
impose more stringent sanction on Iran and on the other hand keep is away from
selling its oil. Iran is among the top three largest oil producing country of
the world. In this endeavor UAE and Qatar have also joined the US bandwagon.
Many were reluctant to accept that United States supplies
funds and arms to rebel groups but it is no longer a secret. Killing of US
Ambassador in Benghazi allowed the critics to say that he was not a diplomat
but spy, though much earlier the Pandora’s Box was opened in case of Raymond
Davis.
It is on record that the United States keep opening one
front after another to keep its arsenal factories running. Its immediate buyer
are ‘power hungry politicians’ who start with ‘violation of human rights’ then
demand change in regime and the dance of death continues around the globe.
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