Stings song, the Russians seems all the more relevant again as the threat of use of nuclear bomb is not out of question anymore. The recent play with the INF treaty - the allegations of breach of the treaty, news of Russias test of Cruise Missile and various other provocative steps definitely are implied threats to go nuclear. Putins apparent defeat in conventional warfare with Ukraine has created a situation where Putin is giving the world and the US all kinds of negative signals. His indication of escalating the war to a higher level, from conventional to nuclear by diverse means such as toying with the INF treaty shows the kind of horrible personality he is. Those of you who were not convinced that this guy was a despicable person, need to rethink. In a recent article Tom Nichols writes Russian military leaders fear that they will be defeated in any major conventional engagement, and so must rely on nuclear deterrence to prevent an enemy from taking advantage of a battlefield victory. [The INF Treaty and Russia’s Road to War, By Tom Nichols, August 2, 2014, The National Interest (nationalinterest.org/feature/the-inf-treaty-russia’s-road-war-11001?page=show)] In the song, Oppenheimers deadly toy refers to the atomic bomb. Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist considered The father of the atomic bomb later in his life regretted about this creation as he actually intended the technology to be used for energy (peaceful use). Sting wrote this song during the Cold War, a tense time when Russia and the United States were threatened as they had nuclear missiles pointed at each other and showed willingness to use them as needed. The line If the Russians love their children too.... in the song should jolt the listener and raise the awareness of the danger. What a dangerous time we live in! Cold War, a phase that once was considered dead, seems to have risen from the ashes. Oh, George Orwell, you coined the words Cold War and definitely understood it all too well! Russians By Sting youtube/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:00:09 +0000
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