Shams Ur Rehman Alavi
A country's president and his wife were abducted and taken from away from their nation.
Within days, another nation that is faraway, across the Atlantic ocean, in another continent, is attacked and its supreme leader is assassinated.
Is that how the world should run? Isn't it extremely unjust, unfair and flouting the norms! But this has happened in recent weeks and there is not enough condemnation or outrage at the blatant attacks on two countries.
For almost 120 years, US has been involved in forcing regime changes, supporting coups and toppling governments across the world. Nothing has changed. The old pattern continues even in 2026.
'Might is right' can't be the way world should run. That's not a proper system for a world order in the twenty first century. There should be a certain respect for sovereignty and semblance of international law.
Ironically, the media mechanism is such that words like 'attack' or 'invasion' are not even used when a super power or a rogue nation commits a strike in Asia, Africa, Latin America or any other region.
For decades, wars have been forced upon countries just due to the whims of certain people in big nations who happen to sit at the powerful posts and wish to control resources or just want to distract citizens from an issue.
We have the news agencies, the 'major' newspapers from New York, Washington and London, publishing reports with such headlines that tend to 'normalize' such attacks. The fact that sovereignty of nations is breached doesn't bother them.
Who gives authority to any country to do a 'regime change' in another nation? The established and renowned media houses that had justified Iraq war, have once again acted in the exactly same and notorious way.
Among newspapers like New York Times, Washington Post, TV channels like Fox, CNN and the agencies like AP and Reuters, do we see any change? Any questions about Israel and its nuclear status while publishing headlines about Iran that had its program inspected and was ready for deal.
Words like 'attack' or 'invasion' are missing, the terms are easily replaced by 'capture' and 'strike'. No special editorials or front page articles against wars and unprovoked attacks. No outrage when over hundred school children were killed in Iran.
Remember, how world leaders came out in solidarity over incidents of violence and justice in the past? But on this occasion, everything is buried under the carpet and hushed up. It is clear that some nations have the power to get away with everything.
The attacks on Venezuela and Iran have clearly shown the lack of any proper system. Most countries are silent or avoid taking stand. Media is 'compromised' and can go to any length to twist information, support aggression and justify war.
The attack on Gaza took place when Biden was president and the atrocities continued during Donald Trump's regime too. Trump had earlier promised that he would not take America to wars in faraway countries. But this didn't happen.
In fact, many countries have been targeted in the last couple of years. Strikes were ordered in Iraq, Somalia, Yemen and several other countries during his term.
