Once again the humanity lost at the Brussels airport. The Innocent people were bombed butchered mercilessly in cold blood without any fault of them. They had no idea why they were drawn into wars that politicians wage to further an agenda. How can we fight terror? How to resolve conflicts & wars be minimized? What is terror and how can all forms of terror be condemned and defeated? Does the prospect of a mutually assured destruction not enough to convince war mongers?
War is often portrayed as an
inevitable outcome in an unjust world that fails to ensure justice &
equality to all in a fair moral manner. How could we differentiate between
genuine freedom fighters & cold blooded terrorists? Can the state take to
terrorism to fight with its enemy terrorists? Actually most of these questions
have been answered many times by great men. It’s time we listen and bring peace
to us.
It would be naïve to explain away
that all wars are trade related and hence inevitable. World is engulfed in wars
that are product of clash of religious, ethnic or political differences and
hence must be defeated with twin force of weapons and thoughts. Terror in all
its forms must be defeated and its threat to humanity need be contained. Norway has
successfully demonstrated how a civilized country should fight terror when it
listened to its most dangerous terrorist Andre Brevik and brought him to
justice. World need to debate and defeat the ideologies that convince the Brevik,
ISIS etc of the world to perpetrate bloodthirsty acts of terror before they are
fought with force. Conflict is natural but terror is a disease.
India can once again be the world
Guru of peace and delineate the strategy to fight the scourge of terror and
establish peace in a war weary world. In my humble opinion the doctrine of the Sikhism
rather than Buddhism can help prevent the next world war and save humanity from
another catastrophe. Terrorism can’t be fought without use of the arms and the
peace can’t be begged. Therefore the
world must listen to what Sikhism says and also see how the establishment of
the Khalsa Sarkar in eighteen century Punjab led to peace in a prenatally
strife torn part of India.
Almost a century before the USA bestowed
the right to bears arms to its citizens the tenth Sikh Master Guru Gobind Singh
ji blessed the Khalsa Panth in 1699 at Anandpur Sahib Punjab to demonstrate how
weapons should be used to prepare the nectar for the sustenance of all humanity
rather than poison the waters of life on earth. The doctrine of Sikhism led to establishment
of the Khalsa Kingdom at Lahore Punjab based on
equality & brotherhood. The Khalsa-Sarkar didn’t use terror as a weapon of
the state to maintain rule of law. No peace can ever be achieved without
justice & equality. The world must embrace all the humanity rather than discriminate
against people of one color, race, religion or culture. All humanity is a
Brotherhood of the living. The Khalsa-Sarkar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh followed
Sikhism to help bring peace to the most troublesome part of the world.
Each terror strike anywhere in
the world reminds us once again of the stupidity of the Bush Administration’s
unintelligent response to the 9/11 terror strike. On the hindsight majority of
the Americans agree that if USA had gone after terrorists of 9/11 and brought them
to justice rather than engage in an all out war perhaps the world would have
been better place than its now. The wise doctrine of mutually assured
destruction generally works in all cases with statistical accuracy. The state
must never be seen to be acting like the terrorists and target innocents In the
war against terrorism.
Post the Paris terror attacks the Pope had expressed
his opinion about the beginning of the third world war. Well the wise Pope is
certainly right. Look around and see how the many parts of world from the Middle
East to Ukraine
have been suffering from wars. The era of trade disputes resulting into wars
seems to be behind us. The ongoing and potential wars are due to clash of
ideologies and lack of international dispute resolution action.
It would be wise for the global
power to discuss and debate before taking a one sided suo moto action to
resolve global conflicts. The superpowers must leverage the platform of the
United Nations to arrive at a widely accepted solution to global conflicts and
avoid the third world war. Anyone on its own can start a war but one needs
cooperation of the other side to end it. Global superpowers must lead the way
through consensus for establishment of peace rather than leave it to individual
counties to sow seeds of global terror. No country should be free to subjugate
its citizens and govern its territory on other than humanitarian principles. Sikhism teaches us to embrace all humanity
and respect diversity for peace.
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