Musings of War Knells

Kerry, Mr. Obama’s Costly Mistake

Peeping on the international political scene, one would almost wish to confess that our American friends were wise not to vote Mr. John Kerry into the White House in 2004 when he contested for the presidency. Otherwise, with such people like what he is proving himself to be this planet would soon turn loose into a literal hell and it would cost our American friends dear. And picking him for Secretary of State for the USA may be one of Mr. Obama's greatest and costly mistake this time. At the end of it all when finally penmen go to their labor rooms to pitch history's landmarks it may prove Mr. Kerry's stains in the American history too costly for Mr. Obama and the American people to bear.

Some Devils Better than Some gods?

Further, on a side note, if maturity is measured in restraints of emotionalism and one’s ability to use the mouth rather than the gun and missiles to settle disputes, then I am afraid, Mr. Putin and therefore Russia seems to me to be more mature and wiser than Mr. Obama and America. America may have the military might yes, but she lacks prudence and her arrogance might land her into an untimely humiliation! 

What the USA needs to know is that in a fast growing world you can’t be a bully all the time. New “Samsons” are born every day. They may surprise you with a sudden TKO. Don’t let history fool America. Do not look to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and fool yourself that the world is forever crippled by fear of a repeat of that gone hell. You may as well do well to fear what the world may be keeping under the carpet for you. It is time to wise up! If there is anything that history teaches us it is this that: the toughest bully is yet to come! Otherwise, we should not have had the likes of the Biblical Nimrods, Nebuchadnezzar, our own Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte and many more on the list of tough guys who ever passed by on this planet. Humility and not arrogance wins a million wars.

The present Conundrum

Should we intervene on Syria? Yes.  How? Should that involve declaration of war on her? Why? To overcome evil you do not strengthen one preferable demon over the other or it only serves to publish the legion of devils you belong to. True intervention is nonpartisan and salutes no demon but it cripples and checks  both villains in the arena. 

Whereas the USA and her Allies feel so comfortable to sympathize and align themselves with one demon over the other in the feud, it understandably vindicates those who think that the USA is a band of thugs as well. War never solves disputes. Yes, it may momentarily intimidate the weak in the process but the best it does is to fester more pus under the skin which sooner or later must of necessity force its volcanic content out to freedom some day. One fears that bombing Assad will only mean more terrorists that will make the very USA insecure for eternity.

Any Solution?

What shall we do then? Perhaps, let’s listen to the “devil” and give dialogue one more chance and we may as well all rejoice that the “devil” that some of us thought Putin and Russia represent talked sense and was surprisingly not only wiser but more holier than we were.