The World's Newest War Zone

We are certainly living in a dangerous time. The so-called civilized world, which is a self proclaimed pacifier is responsible for three war zones; Afghanistan, Iraq and now the latest one, Georgia.

There is more and more evidence of the military powers willingness to flex their military muscle as soon as they get a chance. The Russians, who have been silence since the end of the Cold War have, under the aggressive stewardship pf Vladimir Putin started to assert themselves more pro actively at the world stage.

This is directly related to the attempt by the US and Nato to expand their influence in eastern Europe and Central Asia, which the Russians don't consider friendly to say the least favorably.

The US, who is falsely labeled as the custodian of peace and justice is left tongue tied on this issue, as the US is itself responsible for a couple of war zones of its own. Here the Russian sensed an opportunity to impose itself on its smaller neighbor, notwithstanding who is to be blamed for the current standoff; all while the world was too busy with Olympics and terrorism, what Irony!

In a world where diplomacy is seen as way to overcome all issues, this episode stands out as a testimony to the the fact the current current diplomatic channels and its mechanism is faulty and needs a drastic overhaul.

US, who made the diplomatic set ups like UN and the Security council seems like an unwanted hurdle started this trend with their invasion of Iraq, and now the Russians have all but ignored its existence.

If more and powers start to use these bodies as a tool against the have-not's like Iran, South Korea and Iraq, serious doubts will emerge as to the use and purpose of these international bodies.

Although I'm not claiming to support Iran or North Korea, isn't rule and regulations meant for all, and is not subject how influential you are or how many votes you can garner or whether you enjoy veto power.

Although, a resolution will be brought out and ceasefire brokered, but shouldn't this have been avoided. Why are lives of people people taken away why we sit and talk. Even as write this, there are still more lives being lost.

How did this come to this? Is the diplomatic channel too slow to hep anyone in time? Is the hegemonic tendencies of some states causing a security risk to other others? Do we need the resurgence of the Non-Aligned Movement? These are some of the question which have to be answered at the earliest.