Will Tagore’s ‘Hope from the East’ finally come true?
President Donald Trump’s ‘Finish the Iran Job’ is a bizarre claim and the comment is an instance of what a ‘first class fool’ he is and who has been resorting to perpetual stream of lies and fleecing domestic audience since this illegal and Israel-sponsored war broke out on February 28.
There was absolutely no reason for this misadventure. He has fallen a prey to Israel’s gamble. The 86-year-old Ayatollah Khomeini was assassinated while the ailing man was ready to make concessions for its uranium enrichment program. The dialogue was underway in Muscat and Geneva in last week of February and which was mediated by Oman. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally succeeded in his gamble of bringing President Trump into a war which was essentially Israel’s.
Trump is a congenital liar and a ‘moron’ of the highest order. He’s impulsive and a ‘vile’ creature who unfortunately was elected for the second time by the US citizens.
His ‘Stop the Steal’ rally on 6 January, 2021 repeating the false election claims and instigating supporters to march toward Capitol Hill resulted in violent breach of rules. His supporters were protesting against the certification of the 2020 poll results. The incident betrayed a plain truth: Democracy died in America. He’s an autocrat, a dictator, who is only interested in grabbing power and accumulating wealth. One really wonders how this buffoon had been elected by the Americans twice. Sadly enough, the world is now paying a heavy price. Nothing can be more tragic than this!
Remember the US has about 350 million people and the world’s population (as of early 2026) has surpassed 8.3 billion with India being the most populous nation with 1.47 billion people, surpassing China (1.41 billion people)?
The ongoing conflict, the civilians’ deaths, the unspeakable horror and mindless mayhem remind me of Tagore’s Crisis in Civilization (1941), a scathing indictment of British imperialism and Western modernity. He was shocked and terribly upset by the raging WWII (1939-1945) and the death and destruction it had caused to humanity. Kshitimohan Sen (the grandfather of Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen), Tagore’s disciple, a scholar and Sanskrit professor, had read out the final speech of Tagore, in which the poet had denounced the devastation wrought by the war and the predatory colonial rule. Tagore said he had lost faith in Western civilization. He expressed profound shock at the moral decline and unbridled greed of European powers. He blamed the relentless pursuit of power, loss of human values and the mindless destruction of Nature. The poet’s heart poured out in sadness and disbelief. However, he predicted a shift in humanity’s hope toward the East.
The war against Iran has already triggered an unprecedented global energy crisis. Iran’s strategy of blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most vital energy maritime choke point, has made Trump bewildered and baffled. The duffer thought he would ‘finish the job’ fast. But, what the world is witnessing is exactly the opposite, a completely different scenario: an intransigent Iran, a country of about 90 million people, fighting for survival. For Iran, it’s not a war of choice — it’s a battle for existence, a battle for which the nation had been preparing since the November 1979 sanctions, largely spearheaded by the US and the UN. Those sanctions have caused a significant economic strain on the Khomeini regime.
But, military analysts and intelligence guys are stunned by Iran’s retaliatory resilience . The country has declared its ‘missile dominance’, to utter surprise of the White House.
Trump is boxed in by his own delusionary images. He’s looking for an honorary exit strategy, which is well-nigh impossible at this point. Therefore, his delaying tactics aren’t working. He keeps delaying ceasefire ‘agreement’. His own advisors had insulted him calling him an ‘idiot’, ‘dope’ and ‘moron’. He was on the receiving end, including from people who work in his administration.
Hope lies only on the BRICS leadership.
Are the leaders listening?
