One can
deduce a few conclusions even by having a cursory look at the prevailing conflicts:
1)
conflicts
are generated to create hegemony
2)
hegemony
is established to get control over natural treasures
3)
natural
resources are controlled to make the rich richer and the poor poorer
4)
worst
crimes are committed in the name of conflict resolution
This raises a
question is US a peacekeeper of conflict creator?
Keeping in view the prevailing
conflicts, I am compelled to arrive at the conclusion that the US is conflict
creator. To support my hypothesis, I will talk about:
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) inferno
Beginning from Iraq’s
attack on Iran in seventies and on Kuwait in nineties the prime motive has been
to control energy reserves. Iraq could have not done this without the patronage
of the US. A look at the present day conflicts in Yemen, Bahrain, Somalia and Libya
are the effort by the US to get control of oil and gas reserves of the region. Flaring
animosity between Saudi Arabia and Iran and involving them in proxy wars is
also part of the US policy to retain its hegemony in the region.
Ongoing war in Afghanistan
The US managed to
disintegrate USSR by prompting it to get access to warm waters. However, even after
disintegration of USSR the war continues in Afghanistan. Be it tribal bouts or proliferation
of extremism the local population continues to suffer from acute shortage of
food and devastated infrastructure. The presence of NATO troops in Afghanistan
raises the suspicion that they are not there to maintain peace but supervise
cultivation of poppy.
Pakistan-India conflict
There can’t be two opinions
that if Pakistan and India join hands, South Asia will become the most
prosperous region. The area is rich in food, natural resources and makes the
biggest market of the world. At the time of departure British Raj left a thorn,
Kashmir. Since independence both the countries have been billions of dollars
for the procurement of arms but bulk of the population continues to live below
the poverty line.
Iran-Saudi Arabia hatred
Both the countries
are oil rich and have huge per capita income. While Saudi Arabia is often
accused of towing the US foreign policy, Iran has been declared part of axis of
evil. Both the countries have been involved in proxy wars, only to make them
weaker. Saudi’s have been brain washed and made to say “Iran is a bigger enemy
as compared to Israel”.
Growing US naval presence in Indian Ocean
The US has the
largest and most equipped navy. It also has presence in all the occasions. It
has major concentration in Indian Ocean, through which bulk of the trade and
energy passes. Indian Ocean also connects two of the most important straits of Hormuz
and Malacca.
Efforts to choke straits of Hormuz and Malacca
The US has been making
desperate efforts to get control over these two most important straits.
However, in Hormuz it faces resistance from Iran and in Malacca from China.
Since Iran and China are actively involved in oil trade, both have been
supporting each other. Prior to Islamic revolution Iran had been towing the US
foreign policy agenda but now it is considered the worst foe. China is one of
the biggest trading partners of the US; the memories of cold war era are still
fresh.
I am sure my critics
may term my narrative ‘diabolic thinking of a citizen of third world country’.
I will still say that all the conflicts around the world are created by the US
to initiate proxy wars, sell arms and getting control over bounties of the
nature.
