Israel war becoming a whirlpool drawing other nations in

It is showing signs of world war. The alignments...Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan, North Korea, versus the rest of the world. Surprise surprise...even Iraq will join Iran group. Thanks to the American attack and need for vengeance. Previously, Iran and Iraq were always at war. Will we be drawn in? In many ways Netanyahu is on same wave length as our own Modi. Past cannot be erased. That is how it is. By winning again we add to history not over write it. We were defeated, a lot of damage was done, some reports are true others exaggerated. Trying to regain past glory is a myth. Needling Indian Muslims is immature. We have China desperate to take over Arunachal Pradesh. We are provoking Pakistan for PoK, and we have now poked SriLanka as well as Bangladesh. We are already short of armed force personnel. And certainly not equipped to face China's army. So where will we deploy, Shri Lanka, PoK, Arunachal, or within the country civil war? The whole team is blabbering. Not that Rahul is any better!!! But the politicians are so irresponsible and lack depth in thinking. When they say our soldiers are brave, so we have complete confidence in them winning, I feel like asking is any of your family member in the armed forces? They too fear, but they have no choice. If they retreat, they will be killed by their own countrymen. That is forced bravery because of irresponsible tongue wagging and egos of politicians. We need control on them, we definitely need to control them. Just how, is something we have to figure out.

@vandana7 Yes complex questions indeed ! One analyst argued that China is still way ahead of us economically and while a war would also damage China, India has more to risk, Yet I think Sri Lanka has toned down in the recent years and in some ways, China's presence is less. Yet one cannot be 100% sure in Politics and International Diplomacy.

@vandana7 In short, excess of anything is bad. Yet I see extremes of stands and radicalism of all kinds on rise.

@vandana7 Ukraine war has NATO expansion as a big factor. Somehow US should have backed out of getting Ukraine in NATO. Not to say, what Putin did was wrong as well. In Israel -Hamas conflict, while Hamas is not right in still keeping hostages, Israel gave an excess response. Yesterday, Iran fired many missiles and attacked Israel through drones. The situation is much more grim now.

Both Netanyahu and Putin are being pig headed I feel. And so is Zelensky. I would not retaliate...I would seek referendum of my citizens, duly explaining pros and cons. I am sure majority would have said no war...instead negotiate.

@vandana7 Very few governments pay much attention to what citizens want except in an election year.

They are never off my mind. I feel guilty to be happy, watching television programs, knowing that some child is hungry somewhere and is hiding or some old woman needs help but cannot get any.

Somebody said power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is the situation I suppose. In stock markets, we cut our losses. When America is arms twisting, Israel should use that as an excuse to stop and save its face. Enough is enough.

@vandana7 - Yes, this whole situation has been terrible for the whole world, and we need to have a ceasefire.

I do hope Netanyahu and Zelensky consider the pain of people. Not logical to disrupt the lives of so many - especially those who had no say in the issue at the either side.