i may just be an alarmist. or a fatalist. or a pessimist. or whatever ist you prefer.
but this article about india and pakistan has me thinking.
the article quotes sources in india as saying that pakistani intelligence is responsible for the recent bombings in mumbai that killed over 200 people.
great. just what the world needs. another region of the world destabilized based on probable conflict between islam and non-islam, which is what this comes down to. there’s suddenly an awful lot of this type of thing going on in a lot of different places all at the same time.
was pakistan involved? is india setting up pakistan as a straw man? does it matter? it matters not. what matters is the perception on both sides, and trust me, if this accusation gains a foothold there’s going to be major friction involving islam in yet another area of the world.
to add to the current issues in iraq.
and israel.
and iran.
and any of a host of other areas of the world. throw north korea into the mix as an unrelated wild card, and i’m now suddenly more nervous about an unstable world than i have been in quite a while, and that’s really saying something.
and, to put it mildly, i’m less than confident in our current government’s ability to navigate the tricky waters that may be ahead.
and, to put it bluntly, i’m less than convinced that our government is not the wizard behind the curtain, pulling levers.
i may just be paranoid. it’s hard to tell anymore.