A war I didnt know of

Last Sunday even I became aware of the ongoing war. Well, now you cant say I spend 2 hrs at church for nothing, can you? Nevertheless, it came as a rather rude shock. A war? Without me hearing of it? Me, who used to be considered as a quiz buff or whatever else it is you call someone who religiously attends every quiz around.

Well thinking of it, these days my reading of the paper never went beyond the sports page, and mind you, I start from the back. So, hurt, with that stupid feeling that rants in the head saying you didn’t even know about the most read thing in the papers (of course Zidane’s head war is now a thing of the past), I decided to get as wise as I could about the war.

And I must say, this was the best week to start on such an endeavour. OK, accept it, any week in which Mr. Bush gets the attention of the world press is a funny week. But this time he had a lot of us starters confused. (more confused than him?) For now, what the papers so chastely called as “the four letter word” did not essentially have to begin with an ‘f’. Well, that’s an achievement, even for the president of the US of A. And he didn’t stop there. The next day, he was found rubbing the shoulders of the only female who was invited to the meeting. My, what a week for the press. The Germans will think twice before electing a woman as chancellor next time. So, with the comic effects from Jay Leno and the analysis from the most respected political authors today, I learn that Bush is not only a war monger (a dumb one, at that), but also a rewriter of history (literally, he has the Americans believe that they went to Iraq for Weapons of Mass destruction, just because they uncovered two 80’s chemical trucks.)

Back home, there was much more to ponder about. It seems that the nuke deal is the biggest trap we’re all are falling into, considering that the Senate has approved with an overwhelming majority. After all, they wouldn’t approve something unless the dice was heavily loaded in favour of them. God, when are our diplomats going to start thinking on their own two feet. Arundhati Roy was conspicuous by her silence. After her opposition to the nuclear tests. Well, atleast I can plead ignorance on the intricacies of the functioning’s of thermal reactors without having to take sides.

Well, only one thing comes to my mind. In 1991, the doctor was cursed even more. And now? They’ve made him Prime Minister.

In politics, its difficult to take policy decisions that make sense.