Though I do feel that Muslim jihadis, fanatics and fundamentalists will sense a temporary rush of endorphins due to their brethren taking over Afghanistan, one must not be distracted from the key issues at play here. Firstly, the territory that is Afghanistan is an empty shell in the middle of nowhere. Land-based influence peddling has receded for a very long time, and the only serious land-based power with ambitions southwards from North Asia - the USSR - shares textbook pages with the woolly mammoth.
Afghanistan, and with that much of Central Asia, will slowly fritter away into the edges of world attention; eventually depopulated and left to rot by tired international agencies. I do not say this to sound different, it is very likely to be the case. The world is simply too advanced and, in the age of social media and two-second attention spans, too impatient to be bothered with the weird-beards from Tora Bora. They get to some mischief again; and the reprisal mass extinction of Afghans will probably not even make headlines. This is a scenario which you must explore further.
India should work her response keeping in mind the impending oblivion of much of what lies west of her; as she works her own way to prominence.
I think the core n-word - narrative - of internal divisions among Hindus and how it is a disservice is a worn trope and a mischaracterization of things. Contrary to what it seems, the disunity and competition among Hindus is in fact a key to their success and freedom. Come to think of it, what Afghanistan has currently been condemned to, as a result of its fall to Taliban, is universal sameness. In the extreme. I do not say this is a Segway to secularism etc.
What makes India a land of free people, and where the freest most liberated people are none but the Hindus, the practitioners of the traditional spiritualities of India, is the fact that they aren't monotone. Think about it: the one thing the Taliban have been proclaiming time and again is "there is peace now", ie, there is no conflict ie, everyone is dead or too scared to speak up for themselves. Let them be.
India's jostling, confusing pile is the direct antidote to this. The most Hindu thing that India can do at this stage is to not replicate a Taliban in our own country, and no, I am not equating the Taliban with the RSS either. All I am saying is, let Taliban do what they do there. Domestic security wise, let us be extra vigilant; as usual. Culturally, let us continue on the rejuvenation of the Hindu civilization as a thriving, busting, robust civilization and the centre of Asia. And yes, some measure of a programmed ghar wapsi. Not sure anyone has really formulated such a programme yet.
One of your best , maybe the best ! U.S Deep State ( full of espionage ), Pak. Soviets, China, Northern Alliance - too many players. Intriguing. Cloak and dagger stuff tough for people like
me. Why does everyone call U.S a loser ? Maybe they didn't want to waste resources anymore.
Anyhow, nobody is to be trusted in this dirty game. One nation wants to suppress the growth of
another, while one wants to rule the land . Here in India, there is infighting, corruption, cheating,
accusing, etc. If any other country faces a similar situation ( except Africa ) , do the people and
america is humiliated because the abject retreat from afghan made it clear its promises are worth very little. in a unipolar world, this didn't matter. but in a multipolar world, people remember. eg taiwan and japan are now wondering if the US will lift a finger if china attacks them.
As an admirer, I offer a limited critique.
Though I do feel that Muslim jihadis, fanatics and fundamentalists will sense a temporary rush of endorphins due to their brethren taking over Afghanistan, one must not be distracted from the key issues at play here. Firstly, the territory that is Afghanistan is an empty shell in the middle of nowhere. Land-based influence peddling has receded for a very long time, and the only serious land-based power with ambitions southwards from North Asia - the USSR - shares textbook pages with the woolly mammoth.
Afghanistan, and with that much of Central Asia, will slowly fritter away into the edges of world attention; eventually depopulated and left to rot by tired international agencies. I do not say this to sound different, it is very likely to be the case. The world is simply too advanced and, in the age of social media and two-second attention spans, too impatient to be bothered with the weird-beards from Tora Bora. They get to some mischief again; and the reprisal mass extinction of Afghans will probably not even make headlines. This is a scenario which you must explore further.
India should work her response keeping in mind the impending oblivion of much of what lies west of her; as she works her own way to prominence.
I think the core n-word - narrative - of internal divisions among Hindus and how it is a disservice is a worn trope and a mischaracterization of things. Contrary to what it seems, the disunity and competition among Hindus is in fact a key to their success and freedom. Come to think of it, what Afghanistan has currently been condemned to, as a result of its fall to Taliban, is universal sameness. In the extreme. I do not say this is a Segway to secularism etc.
What makes India a land of free people, and where the freest most liberated people are none but the Hindus, the practitioners of the traditional spiritualities of India, is the fact that they aren't monotone. Think about it: the one thing the Taliban have been proclaiming time and again is "there is peace now", ie, there is no conflict ie, everyone is dead or too scared to speak up for themselves. Let them be.
India's jostling, confusing pile is the direct antidote to this. The most Hindu thing that India can do at this stage is to not replicate a Taliban in our own country, and no, I am not equating the Taliban with the RSS either. All I am saying is, let Taliban do what they do there. Domestic security wise, let us be extra vigilant; as usual. Culturally, let us continue on the rejuvenation of the Hindu civilization as a thriving, busting, robust civilization and the centre of Asia. And yes, some measure of a programmed ghar wapsi. Not sure anyone has really formulated such a programme yet.
One of your best , maybe the best ! U.S Deep State ( full of espionage ), Pak. Soviets, China, Northern Alliance - too many players. Intriguing. Cloak and dagger stuff tough for people like
me. Why does everyone call U.S a loser ? Maybe they didn't want to waste resources anymore.
Anyhow, nobody is to be trusted in this dirty game. One nation wants to suppress the growth of
another, while one wants to rule the land . Here in India, there is infighting, corruption, cheating,
accusing, etc. If any other country faces a similar situation ( except Africa ) , do the people and
politicians behave like us ?
america is humiliated because the abject retreat from afghan made it clear its promises are worth very little. in a unipolar world, this didn't matter. but in a multipolar world, people remember. eg taiwan and japan are now wondering if the US will lift a finger if china attacks them.