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Originally Posted by nandadevieast The write up has a graphic depicting country-wise share of global GDP. The author has categorised countries as ‘free’, ‘partially free’ and ‘not free’, and she has listed india under partially free country on the basis of political freedom and civil liberties. |
Yes, I too noticed it and was quite amused by the opinion they have about India. I told to myself - another 5 years down the line, these shares of global GDP will change drastically. I saved the screenshot of the graphic. Quote:
Originally Posted by nandadevieast The article also clubs Lenin with Hitler, calling them serpents.
Such is the bias. |
It does carry some bias, but as I mentioned it is more balanced than the initial biased articles in western media. I am surprised to see this tone in a prominent western media. As they say - there is no smoke without fire. There should have been some awakening among the western scholars to realities of sanctions and prolonging the conflicts.
If there is a madman in the streets with gun blazing in hand, what should someone do to minimise the damage and take control of the situation? Shouting that the madman will be banned from society or announcing in megaphone that he will be arrested and tried for crime or cornering him and thinking you have gained upper hand?? will any of these help cool down the madman who has nothing to loose? Clearly, the US, UK and EU are doing more damage to the situation than helping to calm the conflict. Inturn, they are bringing on economic devastation and possible large scale conflict onto themselves.
Timing of this IMF working paper couldn't have been better: (its about errosion of dollar dominance) https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/...itional-515150
At some point last month, the US and Allies might have thought, lets sanction this madman and pump up Ukraine with more weapons - it wouldn't last more than a few weeks is what most might have thought. Now, the tables seems to have turned - everyone in the west must be thinking , how long this is going to last? Or more precisely how long can we last without getting ourselves choked?
As I mentioned in my previous post, the raging madman doesn't just have a gun but a whole suit of arsenal, including nukes, under his coat. So, unless one takes him down with a precisely placed sniper shot, enraging him with words or actions is the least desirable thing to do. Instead, the strategy should have been to fool him into thinking that he is in control of the whole situation. Evacuate the citizens from Ukraine to minimise collateral damage, let the fight go on while you lay traps silently. Wait till the madman lets his guard down slightly and then take him down with a precisely placed shot - easier said than done but that is more logical move than placing sanctions and shouting scares. But sadly, it seems neither US nor West had nothing more than short sighted selfish interests to begin with and now they are in a position where they can't withdraw or change to a better course of action. The world is divided between a deep sea and a devil.
Last edited by Aditya : 25th March 2022 at 19:11.
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