The “sexiest” game of
International Politics
It’s not quite a common practice of me to dig deep into
ancient history and geography of the Middle East region. And even much less is
the case when the history has so to do with religion. But I’m going to try this
time and see how it goes. You see, there’s this little thing in the Bible about
a certain Jonas, who was sent by God to go to the ancient city of Nineveh to
tell the people to change their evil ways of life. Do you remember?
Well, I’m not necessarily interested in the story as it were,
but I would like to look into something else about the story-- the geography
involved. I am a keen follower of international relations so I naturally love
to follow events through history to develop a better understanding of how
things had been in the past and how they stand today. Why not? That’s where the
surprises of international relations stem from!
Well, I still wonder how Jonas did three days and three
nights in the bowel of the whale. Jonas did not get digested apparently because
the whale had run out of digestive enzymes! And when he came out, nobody got
him to debrief, too. Anyway, we will talk about that later, but for now, let’s
put the modern map on top of the ancient one and see if we could trace
precisely where Nineveh was.
Nah, let’s do it the other way around: that’s more fun. So
in the maze of all these bunch of ISIS and some few other craps going on out
there, I thought I should particularly look out for “nuclear Iran.” I will later
tell you why I was looking into Iran particularly, but guess what? When I
placed the modern map onto the ancient one, it turned out that Iran sits
directly on Nineveh!
In some other news, Pres. Barack Obama has declared his
clear intention to go after ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Well, that does not
surprise me… after all ISIS stands for Islamic states in Iraq and Syria. So, of
course, if you want to go after ISIS you will definitely end up in these two
countries. That is a good idea but here’s the thing: I wonder how AL-Assad’s
forces are going to play allies to the US forces in the fight against ISIS in
Syria. A couple of enemies tagging along to go after their common enemy!
I sniffed the air after Obama’s speech and I learned Assad
has already extended the offer to help Obama go after ISIS in his country. Hmmm…I
wonder what the game is, but I will leave it with you to figure it out. DON’T
GET CAUGHT!
Bye-Bye.