On neutrality

Grew up in a place , came to hate most of the things about it. The religious extremism, the self righteousness of its people, a blinding sense of nationalism, everything made me a rebel in my own right. I cross checked everything I was taught. I became an independent citizen of the world in my thinking. A free human being free from any biases.
Gradually I saw, And today I believe. World peace is a farce. And all the things i hate about this place are common to almost all the countries in the world, in the name of patriotism and religion. All the countries suck the same. At the top of the pool we have US. The biggest war criminal in the world , the country which once evaporated it's enemies with nuclear weapons and has now destroyed so many countries in a completely unjustified war frenzy .The body for keeping peace , United nations is as biased as it could get. It is a dummy of the superpower, could not stop the wars that took millions of innocent lives. Security council can veto anything that is not in the interest of the main five members. As USA freezes all the resolutions that are passed in the favor of Palestine.
The war hysteria generated by India and the behavior of their non -government bodies towards Pakistan clears any doubt I had in my mind , any leverage I could have given them. They are as bad or worse than Pakistan. Worse in that, the extremist parties have more say in government there than here. And average Indians are too intolerant to have a reasonable argument with. At times I have almost hoped to find something credible against Pakistan that would renew my hate , give me this safe and polarized view of the world again. Perhaps. ..its better to be disappointed in your own side. It gives you an illusion of control..It means there can be an escape.Today that I know my hatred of nationalism or religious extremism that i saw here, is not confined to this place. It extends boundaries. And there is no where , no place of sanity to run to. No place where humanity trumps..everything.

It is easy to diss muslims, easier to Diss Pakistan. Everybody does that . But the truth is far more convoluted than it seems. It saddens me to see that everybody seems to have a higher threshold for condemning violence when it is done by the fancy nations. Perhaps we , the liberals , the rebels in this 3rd world , poverty stricken country like to believe that there is something better out there. Except, there isn't. And the thought is scary. I feel a thorough sense of abandonment today.