Talking Peace: Exploring Pathos of Warfare in Andrew Motion's Peace Talks (original) (raw)

The Second World War brought about a major power shift. The world's power center moved from Europe to the United States of America. For almost ten centuries Europe had remained the centre of the world. But in 1945, with the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, as if by the effect of the tremor of the blasts, the reigns slipped from the hands of Europe and were quickly grabbed by the United States. The United Nations Organizations which was formed to develop an international understanding among nations through which peace and harmony could be maintained, could not serve its purpose well. Instead it became a puppet of the United States of America. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1980s, the world became unipolar with the United States of America assuming the role of a super power dictating other countries in all matters of political, strategic, economic and development issues directly or through agencies like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. England joined the United States as its junior partner and participated in several military operations in the name of "Allied Forces" in the Middle East. One after the other the leaders of countries like Palestine, Iraq, Libya and Tunisia were liquidated in the name of democracy and peace and wars were thrust upon them. Now it is more than clear that Iraq was attacked in the name of destroying the non-existent weapons of Mass Destruction. The American interest, particularly in Petroleum, was the main reason behind such military actions. The British forces too, were deployed in the name of upholding democracy in these troubled countries. Thousands of British officers and soldiers were deployed in these actions.