For their selfish ends USA will do anything though publicly it will show that Americans are upright. In reality it is not so and to my knowledge they never were. Their policy is to give priority to their aims, either good or bad and in acquiring their goals they will even commit worst of crimes against their Christian principles.
The Second World War was brought to an end by the US nuclear bombings of Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When Hiroshima was bombed, Japan immediately agreed to surrender because Japan realised the power of Atom Bomb when Hiroshima was devastated. But without giving more chance to Japan for surrender negotiation, USA dropped the second Atom Bomb on Nagasaki. This USA did so hurriedly because it wanted to test the effect of second Bomb also on humanity since there was a linkage between the two to produce the required results. In fact there was no need to drop the second Atom Bomb on Nagasaki to end the War but Americans wanted to test its effect for this reason USA did not care for the enormous casualties created by the second Bomb. What is important for USA was its target and goal which they acquired even by killing innumerable people in Nagasaki also.
The war that Americans fought in Vietnam was the worst type of war where USA tested worst type of weapons on human beings, the Vietcongs. Inspite of public opinion against American involvement in this war in a distant land in Vietnam, USA would not relent. The great British Philosopher cum Mathematician Prof. Bertrand Russell in association with great and renowned world personalities like him conducted a Nuremburg type of trial of American involvement in Vietnam and they came to the conclusion that this was the worst war in the history of humanity where worst and most poisonous weapons were used on humanity by the Americans and as such USA must withdraw from this war in Vietnam.
Inspite of this trial creating public opinion against USA of its war in Vietnam, USA refused to bend down because the powerful message of Bertrand Russell commission did not reach to all the Americans and to the entire world to create a strong opinion against America on this war.
The American negro Cassius Clay turned Mohammed Ali the world heavyweight boxing champion was newly crowned world boxing champion. When he refused to get conscripted into American Arms forces and go to fight in Vietnam against Vietnamese, Mohammed Ali was reprimanded by the US government for refusing to abide by the US law. But Mohammed Ali said the war in Vietnam was unjust and my religion does not permit me to kill my fellow human being whoever he may be. Further Ali said that this war America fighting in Vietnam is for whose benefit and why USA is fighting this war?
Mohammed Ali was stripped of his World Boxing title and because of this controversy the world became alert especially the Americans and they started investigating the genuineness and necessity of this war. Then American public came to the conclusion that this war is not necessary and US government must put an end to it.
Why this sudden change of American public opinion against this war? Till recently there was no against opinion on this war but now it was made against by the One Man Campaign of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mohammed Ali. Who was Mohammed Ali? He was not an intellectual giant, he was not world renowned philosopher like Bertrand Russell, he was not Nobel Laureate. He was just a sportsman but a sportsman of very high calibre, a sportsman adored not only in USA but all around the globe. And as such his voice was more audible and more acceptable. It was his voice finally reached to American political administration that finally agreed to end this war.
While Mohammed Ali was fighting his battle against USA, one fine morning Bertrand Russell phone called Mohammed Ali and encouraged him to fight against USA to end this war saying you as a world figure is a right person to convince USA to stop this war. These are the words spoken by Russell to Ali “In the history of humanity there was not a single war worst than this war. This war must come to an end and your fight to this cause is just right one. Fight it out, I support you".
Now, Anna Hazare is campaigning against corruption in India. Because of corruption Indians are suffering, this suffering is worst than the sufferings in the war. While these days heavy campaign is going on where almost every Indian is supporting Annaji, surprisingly NONE OF OUR TOP SPORTSMEN is raising his voice on this topic. Indian Cricketters are the most popular and adored sportsmen in India but to my regret none of them is openly raising his voice against this corruption and in support of Anna Hazare. Why they are all silent when they should fight for this cause? Do we require Mohammed Ali now in India among Indian sportsmen especially among the cricketers? Are they all immune to the sad state of affairs India is undergoing because of all round corruption? Why they are not sensitive to this issue?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
