If war could kill hatred, war doctrines should have received Nobel prizes; but perhaps one wouldn’t have to wait for even that to happen...
In the last two thousand years, perchance, there’s nothing in which mankind has put in so much effort as in strategising the demise of its own kind. Starting with the invention of the wheel to the invention of fire. To that of electricity and of course the computer and the knowledge of the existence of atoms; everything has been put to use for improving the fighting edge over the adversary. So initially, if the philosophy was to thwart attacks on one’s women [Troy, poor Troy], later on, mankind gave rise to techniques that annihilated the theory of coexistence and the fight became more for having the bigger pie of the land and its resources; though we’ve heard unconfirmed reports that Zardari down east is still fighting for women.
Seriously, epic wars being fought with clubs and arrows where heads were smashed with impunity might seem horrible today, but today’s sophisticated battles and aristocratic wars where a pilot sitting in the cockpit of a bomber, with the touch of a button, can release a bomb that can decimate a city and kill millions is more horrendous than it had ever been in the past. That pilot of course would return to his base, have sumptuous food and would go off to sleep without the slightest remorse. And perhaps with a feeling of ecstasy at having accomplished the work to perfection. All the more reason why the doctrines conceptualised in air-conditioned rooms by some of the most mild mannered people eventually turn out to be the most lethal ones.
And finally the mother of all doctrines is the so called Weapons of Mass Destruction doctrine. This one is popular because it doesn’t require any justification and can rationalise even the killing of the most innocent children in the name of defending American sovereignty, so long as such killings can be rationalised as collateral damage; read, for profits by grabbing enormous resources of oil. And with loose cannons like Ahmedinejad prancing around, who needs a dodo like Saddam, eh!
In the last two thousand years, perchance, there’s nothing in which mankind has put in so much effort as in strategising the demise of its own kind. Starting with the invention of the wheel to the invention of fire. To that of electricity and of course the computer and the knowledge of the existence of atoms; everything has been put to use for improving the fighting edge over the adversary. So initially, if the philosophy was to thwart attacks on one’s women [Troy, poor Troy], later on, mankind gave rise to techniques that annihilated the theory of coexistence and the fight became more for having the bigger pie of the land and its resources; though we’ve heard unconfirmed reports that Zardari down east is still fighting for women.
Seriously, epic wars being fought with clubs and arrows where heads were smashed with impunity might seem horrible today, but today’s sophisticated battles and aristocratic wars where a pilot sitting in the cockpit of a bomber, with the touch of a button, can release a bomb that can decimate a city and kill millions is more horrendous than it had ever been in the past. That pilot of course would return to his base, have sumptuous food and would go off to sleep without the slightest remorse. And perhaps with a feeling of ecstasy at having accomplished the work to perfection. All the more reason why the doctrines conceptualised in air-conditioned rooms by some of the most mild mannered people eventually turn out to be the most lethal ones.
And finally the mother of all doctrines is the so called Weapons of Mass Destruction doctrine. This one is popular because it doesn’t require any justification and can rationalise even the killing of the most innocent children in the name of defending American sovereignty, so long as such killings can be rationalised as collateral damage; read, for profits by grabbing enormous resources of oil. And with loose cannons like Ahmedinejad prancing around, who needs a dodo like Saddam, eh!
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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