by Eze Eluchie,
The pettiness
of the West in its relationship with Russia is getting quite worrisome, particularly when it is realized that Bears have a tendency to strike back when pushed to the wall.
From the
maligning of FIFA over its choice of Moscow as host of the FIFA World Cup
(under the guise of probe into corruption in FIFA, a FIFA which has corruption
embedded in its ethos and creed since its inception), to aggressive efforts at rubbishing
the gains of preventing the ouster of Syrian President Al Assad by extremist
Islamist groups and now rewarding a song which makes reference to sordid events
in Russia’s history with its Tatar ethnic group with the Eurovision Song
contest prize for 2016, there appears to be a deliberate effort to provoke some
sort of reaction from the Russian Bear that was near-mortally wounded by the
collapse of the Soviet Union.
At a period
when the world is facing perennial threats from extremist terrorist groups when
unity of purpose amongst global powers is vital to ensure victory against
forces who wish to impose retrogression on the world, it is unnecessary,
bothering on being foolhardy, to continually seek to provoke an entity that
ought to be an ally or in the very least a partner in eliminating extremists
terrorists.
It is not
unlikely that if the current posture to discredit, embarrass and vilify Russia
continues, internal forces therein will opt for a backlash, that may be deemed disproportionate
by some, against the several unfriendly acts. Such backlash will certainly not be in sync with
efforts at defeating Islamist terrorism and sustaining global peace and harmony.
It is hoped
that soon enough commonsense will prevail.
Picture: EUROVISION 2016 logo
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