‘Mainstream’ versus ‘Revisionist’ history is therefore issue number one. Did we in Washington really create a world utopia and heaven on earth after World War II? Or was perception eclipsed by a Cold War that never ended? The truth is perhaps self-evident.
Seventeenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
But as one expert wisely stated recently, a war can never be detached from its political or social aim or objective. Our aim or objective out of Washington was what? Expansion for expansion’s sake and global conquest. But on the flip-side, and obviously, the Russians and the Chinese had a war aim and war objective … Continue reading Seventeenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
Sixteenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
History shows us that we picked up where Hitler and the Nazis left off, which was to expand all over the world and wage war everywhere under the guise of what we called “limited wars.” And what we are experiencing now with Trump is merely the culmination of it all. All of which, we must … Continue reading Sixteenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
Fifteenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
And arguably, at the core, it is very much the difference between law and order on one hand and lawlessness and “might makes right” on the other hand. We have a UN Charter borne out of a “social contract” which prohibits such behavior and prohibits exactly the wars of hegemony which are carried out under … Continue reading Fifteenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
Fourteenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
Arguably, it could be as simple as the proverbial chickens coming home to roost for NATO after all their historical sins and transgressions. No one knows for sure. History is a matter of interpretation after all. Nevertheless, all we really have is history and our interpretation of it to explain the present moment. So we … Continue reading Fourteenth Note to “Aziz e Man”
Adam A. Azim 