Let the Super Power deal with Israel

THE EDITOR: I would like, through the medium of your paper, to express the following observation.

Since the Israeli Palestinian conflict in the Middle East, suicide bombing has become the order of the day which culminated so far in the attack on New York and Washington lately. What is the cause of these attacks? Do men simply set out to destroy themselves and others for fun? These are the questions that thinking people must concentrate on. Despite the vain boast and platitude by spokesmen of our so-called democracies, the suppression and conquest of lower mortals by the mighty and powerful are constantly evident.

In our day, the former British Empire is displaced by the US Super Power who dictates world policy economically, militarily and politically. Certain western leaders have apparently appropriated the right to decide which nation or nations should develop nuclear weapons. Just after the nuclear bombing of Japan in 1945, the late Sir Winston said, “The atomic bomb must be kept a secret.” Mr Molotov, who was the Foreign Minister of the then Soviet Union countered, “There cannot be such a secret in these times which could become the preserve of one country or a group of countries.

The interests of keeping the peace have nothing in common with a policy of arming the main powers which is being urged in some countries abroad by some puritans of imperialism.” As to whether Mr Churchill or Mr Molotov was right, let the pundits decide. In the case of the Palestinians, they see themselves as the underdogs who are dictated to as to where they should reside or not reside.  And this is the burning issue. This imbalance should not be left to the Israelis alone to decide. The US has stated that Israel is a faithful ally in the Middle East. But this does not negate the fact that an imbalance exists which needs to be corrected and which is held by many quarters to be the cause of suicide bombing as a form of redress.

Suicide bombing seems to be the only form of effective protest in the balance of Palestinian opinion. The Israelis on the other hand believe the destruction of Palestinian infrastructure would halt suicide bombing. But with the destruction of Palestinian infrastructure, many people are displaced with many casualties resulting. With this policy, more and more suicide bombers are manufactured among people who have become hopeless with families destroyed and lives made miserable.  To put a halt to this madness, the cause has to be addressed. And the US as a Super Power is the only one capable of doing this by removing the imbalance and to bring about a sane situation to the impasse.

DA COSTA MC DONALD
Mahaica
Pt Fortin