I really don’t know how many readers of this post will
agree with me, but I consider it my ardent duty to keep on reminding the
readers that US is the biggest war monger on this planet. Its sole purpose of creating
conflicts and/or initiating wars is to sell armaments, US is the largest arms
supplier that include both conventional and non-conventional.
At the recent elections it was hoped that newly elected
US president will try to pull its troops posted in many countries. However, now
It seems people were hoping against hopes as President Donald Trump is also
surrounded by war mongers. His thinking is being influenced to the extent that
it is becoming evident that soon the world may see opening up of US-China,
US-Russia, Saudi-Iran and India-Pakistan fronts.
Some of the readers may wonder how the US could open so
many fronts. Since World War II, it is evident that the US has been fighting
proxy wars. However, over the last five decades it has become evident that it
is ‘war of crusades’, all the fronts have been opened against Muslims. This includes
Iraq attacking Iran, US attacking Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. All these are
proxy wars.
Ironically this time the US is planning to initiate war between
two oil rich Muslim countries Saudi Arabia and Iran in the name of Sunni-Shia
conflict. The US has already installed is touts and the hype is being created
has some of the glimpses:
- The US has imposed
new sanctions on Iran on the pretext that Iran remains both a major source
of terrorism and a threat to the US interests.
- President Donald
Trump has declared his intention of crushing the Islamic State (IS).
- The US strategy
in Iraq prior to the 2007 was to oppose both Shia and Sunni factions but both
have drawn strength from outside Iraq – the Sunnis from Saudi Arabia and
the Shia from Iran.
- The US considers
the Iranian-supported Shia as the greater threat and tried to
counterbalance them by reaching a financial and political understanding
with the Sunni leadership.
- IS has emerged
as the champion of the Sunni Arab population.
- The US has
remained powerless in crafting the Iraq it wanted.
- After 15
years of ineffective fighting the US must accept its defeat in the region,
withdraw its troops and allow the region to evolve as it will.
- The US could
face an increasingly powerful Sunni world and even more powerful Shia Iran.
- The US-led forces
have failed in isolating therefore it has to be engaged in some form of
military action, possibly directed at its nuclear program.
- The US does not
have a military force large enough to wage war at Iran.
- The U.S. has
limited forces, reluctant or discordant allies, and cannot win a war.
Since the Islamic world is deeply divided along religious and ethnic
lines. The option is allying with one faction to defeat the other.
- It is being
portrayed that Sunnis are weaker than the Iranians. But there are far more
Sunnis, they cover a vast swath of ground and they are far more energized.
Iran may be more powerful but Sunnis are more ruthless.
- Some factions
even go to the extent of saying that a US-Iran alignment may be more
probable because they are the convenient option as they hate and fear the
Sunnis.
I am of the opinion that the US cannot afford simultaneous
conflicts with Sunnis and Shia, Arabs and Persians. Therefore, it is likely to
opt for time tested strategy ‘divide and rule’. Muslims should be ready to face
further fragmentation. If they (Muslims) want to survive they have to stand
united despite being Sunni or Shia.
