The uncaring mediocre have inherited the earth.

Some people in India are surprised, even aggrieved, that the centenary of the First World War and the heroic contribution of Indian soldiers, fighting for the British Raj, has been completely ignored in India. They feel that it is an insult to the memory of the 47,756 men killed in action and 65,000 wounded. Others feel that there is nothing to celebrate in the sacrifice of Indians as canon fodder by a brutal colonial power. The reason why these martyrs are forgotten is because we have allowed the British to write the history of the colonial period which they have naturally embellished to show themselves as bringing technology, education and rule of law to a primitive people. We cheer Shivnarine Chandrapaul, Sunil Narine and Denesh Ramdin who play for the West Indies but should we also cheer the thousands of Indians who were enticed with false promises by the British to sail to the West Indies and then forced to work as slaves, called indentured labor. The British are the most jingoistic in their celebration of victory in World War I as they try to remember the Empire and forget that they are lackeys of the US today. But even as the politicians attend various events with phony solemnity, to get some free publicity, others are beginning to question the gains from that victory. While politicians promote the war as good versus evil the truth was that the First War invariably led to the Great Depression, the rise of Hitler and Stalin and World War II. The trouble with wars is that soldiers die and are forgotten but politicians hog all the glory of victory. So they yearn for another war, the more mediocre and bland they are the more the need to polish their mojo. Thus George Bush, the moron, assisted by Dick Cheney, the psychopath, attacked Iraq and David Cameron, the ladyboy, assisted by Nicolas Sarkozy, the moral dwarf, attacked Libya removing the only men capable of keeping control. " Some people warned us, as Gaddafi himself did, that the Libyan people could not be trusted with freedom; that without Gaddafi where would be chaos," said Cameron on 5 September, 2011. British and US embassies in Libya have been closed and all nationals have been evacuated. Obama, the gasbag, recently admitted that after 9/11 " we tortured some folks ". How easily he says that. There is no cringing, no shame and no horror at inflicting severe pain on others, a lot of whom were completely innocent. It is because they are immoral, dishonorable and completely immune to the suffering of others that they do not learn. So they have instigated a completely unnecessary crisis in Ukraine in which innocent people are dying. It has led to tit-for-tat sanctions with Russia, and may lead to war. What is the difference between the Islamic State and Messrs Obama and Cameron? Only the language.