TWEETER THREAT VERSUS NUCLEAR THREAT

Mukesh Devrari

This author feels that people who are running the globe are not as smart as we would like to believe. We read about many idiots, fanatics, lunatics and maniacs who ruled different parts of the world at different point of time. They were there because of the monarchy. It was a political system which did not give the choice to citizens to elect their own masters. In the 21^st century, we believe our common sense has evolved to a great extent. No matter what may come, we will never accept dictatorship or one party system or any other form of the totalitarian regime. However, this belief is rubbish and cannot be further from the truth.

The world easily accepts that a 33-year-old Dictator King Jong Un running North Korea with the help of another totalitarian regime (China). He has made his nation de facto nuclear power. Soon, he will have the capability to annihilate the human race from this planet, if his regime was threatened by its own people or by another world power. North Korea can blackmail the entire world to close their eyes and can go on in ruthlessly suppressing democratic aspirations of Korean people. However, Kim still represents a lesser irony.

The world’s most evolved and powerful nation represents a far greater irony. US President Donald Trump has been established as a half maniac by the American left-liberals, as they could not digest the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the Presidential elections, who spent 50 per cent more money in her campaign than Trump.   

Media in the US is preparing the ground for Donald Trump’s impeachment. People and leaders in other countries do not take him seriously because of the propaganda of US mainstream media against him. China and North Korea read it correctly. Trump is threatening North Korea on Twitter. His stature and influence have been reduced to such an extent. If he decides to launch firm action against North Korea, it will be difficult for the US diplomats to channelize global support for US efforts. China, Russia and other detractors of the US are better placed to dismiss Donald Trump as crackpot and madman.

During his election campaign, Trump made it amply clear that he did not want the US to behave like a world’s policeman. Now, he is in a difficult situation, which is not of his making. He threatened North Korea with fire and fury after regime tested nuclear-capable missiles. 

Immediately after the threat the US also tried to assuage the feelings of North Korea by making it clear that it is not interested in regime change. Kim is smart enough to remember that barking dog seldom bites. He tested the hydrogen bomb after the threat. It will be recorded as one of the landmark events of 21^st century. The world is seeing a stronger and emerging China laughing at the US President’s threat that the US will not do business with those who do business with North Korea. This is US president’s response of North Korean nuclear tests.     

Russia, who could be the possible ally of western powers, has been demonized by left-liberal media to such an extent that Trump was forced not to repair relations with it. Due to this, Russia has gone closer to China. Both will now oppose any attempts by the US to forcibly de-nuclearise North Korea along with Iran and many other nations. Americans elected a President, who tried to challenge the status quo and in the process endangered his own position. Continuous propaganda against Trump reduced his credibility all over the world. He is facing a conspiracy at home. He is weak and cannot provide global leadership.

This event marks the ascendency of China and the decline of influence and power. It also marks the blunders of earlier US governments who chose to close their eyes while Pakistan was developing nuclear weapons in 1980’s, only because Pakistan was supporting Islamic terrorists fighting against godless Soviets. Americans again closed their eyes when it caught the clandestine network of nuclear proliferation emanating from Pakistan as it was their ally in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. North Koreans could develop nuclear weapons due to the Pakistani assistance in the initial phase of their project.  

What is the solution to this problem? Should US attack North Korea and initiate the process of Korean unification? If South Koreans are no longer interested in unification, should the US prop up new government in North Korea? Perhaps, the answer is in the affirmative. But can the US do it?

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