As long as you have been following the news lately, you must be well aware of how tumultuous times we are living in. The recent incident involving the U.S., Israel, and Iran has everyone on their toes. However, for now, there is a ceasefire. While the ceasefire is good news for many people, it needs to be noted that the issue still remains unresolved. In simple terms, the countries are not at war yet; however, their tongues remain at war.
It is quite interesting to note what led to the current conflict. According to the governments of the aforementioned countries, Iran cannot be allowed to acquire the nuclear bomb because it might end up hurting the neighboring countries. Simply put, the story goes something like this: “Iran acquires a nuclear bomb; uses it to attack other countries.”
However, when you strip away all the politics and look at the current scenario from a purely logical perspective, an absolutely ridiculous double standard appears right before your eyes.
The Elephant in the Room: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
While we are all being urged to fear a potential nuclear bomb from Iran, it would appear that we are supposed to overlook the actual builders, testers, and users of such devices.
Nuclear weapons cannot go unmentioned when discussing threats. The historical record is not wrong, as the United States bombed Japan at the end of World War II. In fact, it is the sole state in human history that has committed such an act. Apocalyptic devastation was wrought, and its shadow looms large to this day.
Thus, the paramount, unasked question that must be posed by the international community is this: How can one ensure that a state which has utilized nuclear arms before will not resort to them again?
One cannot. One can only hope. And truthfully, with recent history as evidence, why should humanity place blind faith in Washington’s trigger finger?
A Legacy of Ruination, Not Freedom
The real way to judge a superpower is not in its rhetoric; it’s in the devastation left behind by its foreign policy actions. Consider Afghanistan. Two decades of war, trillions of dollars, and many lives have been lost. What did they get for their efforts? They’ve fled from the chaos, leaving Afghanistan in a worse condition than before.
Consider Iraq. There, the U.S. had to make up a story about weapons of mass destruction in order to invade another country. This was a huge miscalculation that led to instability in an already unstable region of the world. To prove how much damage they’ve done, one has to look no further than their own allies. Former British PM Tony Blair, who supported the U.S. in this venture, later regretted his choice, stating that there was something seriously wrong with the intelligence that convinced them to invade Iraq.
Who Is to Be Blamed?
The fact is that the US foreign policy strategy of the past several decades has done nothing to make the world a more secure place. If anything, it has spread chaos.
When you really take a close look at the state of the world today, at all the political tensions and military threats and the never-ending wars, the sole “credit” for that broken world can be placed on the USA. While the United States likes to see itself as the global policeman, in fact, it is more like a global arsonist, spreading fire it can no longer control.
Time for the American Citizens to Open Their Eyes
This criticism is not directed at Americans in general. This call is addressed specifically to them.
The citizens of the country are those who pay the economic and moral price of those countless wars that have been taking place all over the globe.
If there is such fear of an unknown nuclear bomb in Iran when America has its nuclear arsenal capable of destroying the world many times over, then why is the White House afraid? If the lives of millions of Americans are wasted in other nations’ affairs, what happens when those nations become the playground of America itself?
What the world needs are not more wars and more lies. What is needed is the truth about the actual culprits of global tension and conflict, especially since the US seems to be the only country whose hypocrisy remains unchecked.
America and the White House can continue to play with world peace if Americans do not hold them accountable for their deeds.
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