The 'unresolved' past

Taking a closer look at today's world affairs would reveal a rather disturbing pattern of how the wrong policies of the world's sole superpower gave birth to so many of the world's growing problems. If al-Qaeda is to be blamed for 9/11 (as is believed and assumed to be proven beyond doubt in the West as opposed to the growing cynicism among ordinary Muslims as to the identity of the real perpetrators), the question that immediately comes to mind is who created Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda in the first place? If the cold war wasn't played the way it was in the futile ground of Afghanistan, then maybe its byproducts wouldn't have become such a great menace today.

The latest revelation about the CIA involvement in August 15 carnage would surely fuel the general anti-US feelings among the ordinary Bangladeshis that originated from the recent unilateral acts of the US in the international arena.

As an ordinary Bangladeshi, I wished our foreign ministry took the issue seriously and made every diplomatic effort possible to unearth the truth. It's rather a disgrace that our domestic political play-out will not allow for any official quest for truth on this issue.