India condemns any war, including the Ukraine-Russia war. But it is not Asia's war and neither Asia want to get involved. What exactly Asia feel about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how the regional geopolitical situation made Asia tilt towards Russia and away from the USA?
The Russia-Ukraine war will go down in history as the war that divided the East and West.
If you look at the United Nations General Assembly voting against Russia: 24 supported Russia and 58 were neutral. Most of the Asian and African countries decided not to get into Russia vs NATO mess. So, what people hear in Western media is absolutely one-sided and does not reflect views of the East and the Middle East at all. Not even close! They are simply wrong or oblivious.
Now, East is not responding!
Question: Why there is no justice for war crimes committed by the USA and its allies in Asia?
First, the West along with the USA is historically very unreliable. It supported Pakistan in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, though Pakistan genocide millions and violated 200,000 to 400,000 women, some on the streets or in front of the whole family. The USA supported the war-criminal because they needed a Pakistan base for Afghan war. Atrocities in the Vietnam war is never highlighted by Western media. US army had orders to kill anything that moves. And there is a book on it based on interviews of Vietnam veterans. They dragged people, and women from houses and butchered them like cattle. So, we don’t see any difference between the Russian and USA army when it comes to atrocity- two sides of the same coin. In fact, the USA has been bombing Asia for the last seven decades. So, they killed way more civilians than Russia can kill if this war goes on for 4-5 years. That’s why Asian and African countries are neutral.
Question: Why Ukraine is fighting NATO’s war against Russia?
Second, the West is perceived as extremely selfish by the East. But they threw the whole Afghanistan society into hell. The United States trained Mujaheddin during the Afghan war which later gave the world all the terrorist organizations we know today. US mistake gave the world ISIS. But they are not so vocal about innocent civilians’ death until that civilian is a blue-eyed blondie or a European like them. Yes, that is how they describe Ukrainians. And obviously, the West remained indifferent to the deaths of Asians in wars prolonged by US interventions. Hence, countries like India choose not to take side.
Now, one more thing! If you look at Ukraine, it has become collateral damage in Russia vs NATO. Though the USA agrees there should be a buffer between Russia and NATO, NATO kept absorbing ex-USSR states. The USA openly admits they want to stop the growth of Russia and destroy Russia. Though they won’t send a single soldier. So, who would die for their cause? Well, there are so many Ukrainians to die for them. That kind is of inhumane.
Question: Terrorism, ISIS, prolonged civil wars: Who is to blame?
Third, the West is responsible for everything wrong with Asia. Terrorism, ISIS, all the wars! There was no coverage of thousands of deaths until it is European or Blue-eyed Blondie. Why are they amazed when Asia stays away and says, “It is not our war!”. That’s how foreign affairs work.
The USA often tries to pitch Asian countries against one another especially India and China. In that context, India-China are neighbor and has a good people-to-people relationship. So, India may play along for benefit. But the India-China conflict would not be more than little arguments and a few people punching each other. To Western media understands very little about the India-China relationship.
Question: Why the USA is desperate to censor Russian narratives?
Fourth, Western has its propaganda machine for brainwashing. Russian media is blocked. So, it is one-sided narrative. Ukraine said more than 15000 soldiers died and Russia could not take many bodies back. We won’t be amazed if many of the body bags touted as containing civilians end up containing Russian soldiers. Where is the independent investigation to proofs! Well, truth is not important. Destroying Russia’s image is more important.
There is a serious rift between West and East. War shows no mercy. It happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Vietnam, and now in Ukraine. But, this war was so much condemned, not because it is exceptionally brutal or something. Because people dying in it are Europeans, not Asians. And led to the East and West divide. The West must condemn with the same rigor, when killed civilians are Asian or African, or when women are raped by US soldiers, or US ally, such as what Pakistan has done in Bangladesh.
