Another week has passed by with the world witnessing a lot of events that would change the course of the future, I'm sure. Here's a review of a few of those events:-
(a) Normalisation of ties between the US and Cuba.
After five decades of animosity, the two neighbours have decided to put their past differences
aside and work together. The 60s and the famous heightening of tensions thanks to communism
having arrived at their doorstep, the US had looked at the island nation as everything inimical to
its interests! The, then, USSR's open flaunting of its friendship with Fidel Castro and the latter's
frequent diatribes against whatever the Americans did, made matters worse.
Much has changed over the years and frankly, the thawing of relations between the two
countries, at this juncture, is not gonna make much difference. A lot many past riddles that exist
between them will get sorted out. May the trend towards healthy neighbourhood relations
continue.
(b) Sony hacking.
The hacking of the Sony pictures and the subsequent call by North Korea for a joint
commission with the US to probe into the reasons was another interesting story to hit the
headlines this week. The devastating 'cyber attack' which led to the Hollywood studio
cancelling the 'The Interview', a comedy on the fictional assassination of the Korean leader
Kim Jong Un. The Sony attack, some say, may have been a practice run for North Korea's
'cyber army' as part of its long term goal of being able to cripple its rivals' telecommunications
and energy grids.
Whatever little entertainment that was available for the elusive nation
has broken down and it's but natural for it to want an early restoration.
But do the US and even Sony, for that matter, reciprocate on the sentiments?
(c) The Pakistani doublespeak.
Pakistan has vowed to destroy the Taliban's network and reserves its rights to hot pursuit of
their tormentors into Afghan Territory. A point that India must take advantage of, as official
Paki endorsement, for its right to hot pursuit and destroy terror network of guys like Hafiz
Saeed and Laqvi, who've been pushing in terrorists to create havoc in our country.
The civilian ire, consequent to the Peshawar school killings, has made the Paki government
and its army to introspect and it's my fond hope that there would be a turn around in their
outlook! It would be good for that country!!
Tailpiece.
Situations, that one could never think about even a few years back, are coming into being. I suppose this is what we mean by saying that 'change is the only constant' in this world!
(a) Normalisation of ties between the US and Cuba.
After five decades of animosity, the two neighbours have decided to put their past differences
aside and work together. The 60s and the famous heightening of tensions thanks to communism
having arrived at their doorstep, the US had looked at the island nation as everything inimical to
its interests! The, then, USSR's open flaunting of its friendship with Fidel Castro and the latter's
frequent diatribes against whatever the Americans did, made matters worse.
Much has changed over the years and frankly, the thawing of relations between the two
countries, at this juncture, is not gonna make much difference. A lot many past riddles that exist
between them will get sorted out. May the trend towards healthy neighbourhood relations
continue.
(b) Sony hacking.
The hacking of the Sony pictures and the subsequent call by North Korea for a joint
commission with the US to probe into the reasons was another interesting story to hit the
headlines this week. The devastating 'cyber attack' which led to the Hollywood studio
cancelling the 'The Interview', a comedy on the fictional assassination of the Korean leader
Kim Jong Un. The Sony attack, some say, may have been a practice run for North Korea's
'cyber army' as part of its long term goal of being able to cripple its rivals' telecommunications
and energy grids.
Whatever little entertainment that was available for the elusive nation
has broken down and it's but natural for it to want an early restoration.
But do the US and even Sony, for that matter, reciprocate on the sentiments?
(c) The Pakistani doublespeak.
Pakistan has vowed to destroy the Taliban's network and reserves its rights to hot pursuit of
their tormentors into Afghan Territory. A point that India must take advantage of, as official
Paki endorsement, for its right to hot pursuit and destroy terror network of guys like Hafiz
Saeed and Laqvi, who've been pushing in terrorists to create havoc in our country.
The civilian ire, consequent to the Peshawar school killings, has made the Paki government
and its army to introspect and it's my fond hope that there would be a turn around in their
outlook! It would be good for that country!!
Tailpiece.
Situations, that one could never think about even a few years back, are coming into being. I suppose this is what we mean by saying that 'change is the only constant' in this world!
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