Foreign policy boomerang.

Yesterday an angry mob entered the US embassy in Cairo, tore down the US flag and burnt it. Another mob in Benghazi in Libya overwhelmed the guards of the US consulate and set fire to it, killing an American diplomat. They replaced the US flag with a black one with an Islamic message on it. Witnesses reported that the mob used AK47 guns and RPGs in their attack. This rage was triggered by a film made by an Israeli filmmaker, Sam Bacile in California called Innocence of Muslims. A trailer was uploaded onto Youtube, parts of which were translated into Arabic and circulated on the internet. Another film titled Islam - the Untold Story made by Tim Holland in Britain was withdrawn by Channel Four after death threats against the producer. The film had been shown once earlier. Judaism, Christianity and Islam claim to worship the same God, the God of Abraham. Strangely, these one-God fellows have been killing each other since the beginning and will continue to do so. Yet all of them are agreed that Hinduism is evil and Hindus should be exterminated for the good of their souls when we do not convert and hence have never killed anyone in the name of God. We do claim the right to self defense but even that is denied us in India. Secondly, the incidents prove what we have been saying for a long time. A revolution must always be brought about by the people themselves. Other nations must never interfere to bring about regime change. The Russians paid a heavy price in Afghanistan, the US left a mess in Iraq, which has made Iran stronger, and Libya is a fragmented country controlled by heavily armed militias. The guns and RPGs used to kill the American diplomat yesterday may well have been supplied by the US or NATO. In Egypt the fall of the Mubarak regime was engineered by Egyptians themselves, followed by peaceful elections and a stable government. So, even though the mob was angry in Cairo they were content with burning the US flag and no weapons were used. Finally, outside interference sharply increases the number of innocent victims of any revolution. About one thousand people died in Egypt while 30,000 were killed by NATO in Libya. In Syria more than 10,000 have already died and there is no sign of an end to the fighting. The Norwegian General, Robert Mood, who led the 400 strong UN monitoring mission in Syria till 2 months ago, said yesterday that foreign interference is helping to prolong the conflict. He said," Anyone feeding the violence ( in Syria ) with money or weapons should consider very carefully whether this brings us closer, or further away from less violence and more dialogue. The international community may actually prolong the terrible suffering for the Syrian people." Dr Shakeel Afridi, who helped kill Osama bin Laden, said 2 days back that the ISI told him," The Americans are our worst enemies, worse than the Indians." US foreign policy has repeatedly boomeranged on the Americans. Will they never learn?