Lesson that the world can learn fom the downfall of America
After the collapse of wall street last month,The United states of America;the undisputed king of world economy through out the 1900's,seems to have landed in deep troubles.Infact few economists feel that collapse of wall street marks the end of American era for the world.Apart from all these gossip's,there is a great lesson behind this collapse that developing countries must learn.
The 9/11 attack that collapsed the world trade center building is definately a savage act.But this was taken in a wrong sense by America.Yes,america became very catious after these attacks.It took atmost care to avoid such attcaks .But it went a step further by waging a war against the world terrorism.
Everything seems good on paper,but it finally fell as a prey of "Eye for eye ,tooth for tooth" policy.This anti-terror war soon reduced into a mere revengful act by America.
In the course of events america invaided iraq to overthrow dictatorship of saddam hussain.These attacks were followed by attack on afghanistan and its mission is going on till date there in form of rehabilation camps.America in this course lost its focus and of course its credibility in the world.It has spent a huge amount of tax payer's money in these wars.Further,the majority of the victims,of these wars, have been civilians who have nothing to do with 9/11 attack.Infact a huge section of American citizens were against the war.But this ection could not create any impact on the government's policy.
The Bush led government overlooked rather it neglected the others issues.Had it laid its attention,these crisis were not that unpredictable.
America is not the first victim of such activities.The former USSR lost its way completely due to its constant involvement in such wars.On the other hand,Japan being a victim of the second world war,has learnt its lesson.Since then it has focussed completely on its progress.
This does not mean that we should be inert to fight against the terrorism.But there are certain limits we should be cautious about.The limted resources that a nation has,should be utilized completely for the welfare activities.Besides terrorism,there are several threats that world is facing today.We seem to be the threat, for the survival of life on the earth,in a nut shell.America has accounted to a huge share of the world pollution.This might prove to be more lethal for the survival of america and of course the world.
So,one must be critical to realise the priorities.A correct picture of such leads a nation to the roads of prosperity.Wether Obama or Mc cain,the coming leader should be more sensible towards his policies so as to save America from a down slide which will shatter almost half of the world.
I would like to express my views as this is an area of interest. Its imperative for America that they elect Obama as the middle class is really suffering right now and Obama's policies are much better for them. Foreclosures and lost jobs affect the middle class the most. Anyways coming to terrorism, I would say terrorism was always a problem in India even before 9/11 and after 9/11 the ugly manifestation of urban terrorism has taken place. NYC, London, Madrid, Bombay,Delhi, Jakarta, are all huge metropolises were all victim to this ghastly threat. Taking out the root problem is impossible because the only way terrorists function is through funds from outside sources. It is well known that certain governments themselves fund terrorists knowingly. And the disturbing trend of educated men turning into terrorists only points to the deep alienation of communities(ethnic minorities in europe, usa) and religious minorities in india. Now the blame game can be played and we can say its the govts fault or the communitys fault. The truth is always somewhere in between. The only answer to this is education and funds for education. We need to educate people about other cultures and make sure there are dialogues between communities. This obviously cannot be done at a national level but it should be started at the local level. It is worthwhile to note that while everyone would point to the current terrorism and claim that Islamic terrorism is the root cause but the truth is there have always been terrorists of all ilk if you look at history. Hence the media should play a role in stamping out the religious aspects of the terrorism. There have been crazy muderers before who swear that they believed their actions were "the acts of God". That doesnt mean the God is to be blamed for the murder . Similarly labeling a whole community for the wrongdoings of a few crazy men causes further alienation. In a growing economy, terrorism will have deadly repurcussions(attacks on IT sector) and it must be dealt with by taking proper confidence building steps. Unfortunately India has always been ruled by self-serving politicians. Hopefully that will change.
Burgula Pavan Kumar
I would like to express my views as this is an area of interest. Its imperative for America that they elect Obama as the middle class is really suffering right now and Obama's policies are much better for them. Foreclosures and lost jobs affect the middle class the most. Anyways coming to terrorism, I would say terrorism was always a problem in India even before 9/11 and after 9/11 the ugly manifestation of urban terrorism has taken place. NYC, London, Madrid, Bombay,Delhi, Jakarta, are all huge metropolises were all victim to this ghastly threat. Taking out the root problem is impossible because the only way terrorists function is through funds from outside sources. It is well known that certain governments themselves fund terrorists knowingly. And the disturbing trend of educated men turning into terrorists only points to the deep alienation of communities(ethnic minorities in europe, usa) and religious minorities in india. Now the blame game can be played and we can say its the govts fault or the communitys fault. The truth is always somewhere in between. The only answer to this is education and funds for education. We need to educate people about other cultures and make sure there are dialogues between communities. This obviously cannot be done at a national level but it should be started at the local level. It is worthwhile to note that while everyone would point to the current terrorism and claim that Islamic terrorism is the root cause but the truth is there have always been terrorists of all ilk if you look at history. Hence the media should play a role in stamping out the religious aspects of the terrorism. There have been crazy muderers before who swear that they believed their actions were "the acts of God". That doesnt mean the God is to be blamed for the murder . Similarly labeling a whole community for the wrongdoings of a few crazy men causes further alienation. In a growing economy, terrorism will have deadly repurcussions(attacks on IT sector) and it must be dealt with by taking proper confidence building steps. Unfortunately India has always been ruled by self-serving politicians. Hopefully that will change.
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