THE Tsunami-like effect of the maniacal war in the Middle-East is now being felt all over the world. Stock markets are crashing everywhere, and gold and silver prices are dipping menacingly. An unprecedented energy crisis is threatening to arrive -- for which the world is just not prepared (for whatever reasons). In the next few days, the world may see itself at the end of the slender thread by which it is holding itself together at the moment. If immediate and effective measures are not taken to halt this war, the world will face a crisis the like of which human history has never recorded. The time is running out. There is no doubt by now that every country engaged in this war -- the United States, Israel, Iran -- is being run by maniacs whose good sense has gone into the filthy drain of human thoughtlessness and egotism.

 

These maniacs -- seated in the three countries -- are bombarding energy sources that are actually a common reserve of the entire humanity. Yet, unmindful of the terrible effect the bombings -- through drones and missiles -- will have on the common resources of the world, these thoughtless demons in human skin are displaying lunatic enthusiasm to bomb precious energy infrastructures in different countries. Somehow, these maniacs should be stopped in their dirty tracks right away -- so that the world can be saved from ultimate disaster. This must be done most urgently. Signs are available to suspect that the United States is now beginning to repent that it got into this war at Israel’s behest. US President Mr. Donald Trump appears just unable to handle the pressure of this three-week war and appears to have gone berserk making statements that make no sense at any time. He has begun showing signs of fatigue and appears as if waiting for the war’s end at the earliest.

 

For, when a country spends billions of dollars on daily basis to sustain itself in war, it is most likely to lose its enthusiasm for conflict very fast. On the contrary, Iran appears least bothered about what would happen to the world. It has enough time until its stockpile of drones and ballistic missiles drains out completely. On the basis of that stockpile of projectile weapons, Iran can fight the war for a long time -- with a willingness to get destroyed in the process. For, in Tehran, too, a clutch of maniacs rules the roost. Of course, many countries have begun making diplomatic moves to explore possibilities of ending the war. Heads of Governments have begun meeting and talking to one another looking for solutions. Their most critical problem is that an easy solution is not available since there is no specified reason for which the war actually began three weeks ago. Of course, strange are the ways diplomacy operates. Who knows, in the next some time, at least some efforts will be made to bring the warring countries to sit down together to sort out issues. Possibly, it is time for India to take the lead. So far, India has positioned itself most equidistantly from all parties in all conflicts in the world in the past 10-12 years.

 

The world by now recognises the strength in India’s diplomatic positioning. By the virtue of that understanding, most countries would find India an acceptable interlocutor. Of course, everything depends upon how the Indian leadership positions itself in the rapidly changing diplomatic kinetics. Is it ready to play that all-important role? Will the Indian leadership want to become the most potent player in global geopolitics as an initiator of peace process? The answers to these questions hold the key to future action. If at all India was looking for an opportune time to step into the thick of complicated global geopolitics, then that time is now. If India starts making its thoughtful moves to bring warring nations to peace process, then the possibilities of success would be the best. If India moves decisively, then it will raise its own stock in the world like never before. A tired world will certainly appreciate the Indian initiative for world peace. This may be the god-sent opportunity for India, who knows!