Your concluding sentence prompts me to respond! Our way of politics is self above nation! There are huge egos involved & the aam aadmi is just a tool in the hands of these scheming politicians. The common man is manipulated and even pays with his life while these politicians outlive everybody else!
We are indeed becoming irrelevant! Our numbers are a strenghth & the aam aamdmi can take hits below the belt but our leaders have scant respect for nation's survival. Don't we have national interests? It is clear this treaty is more political. China uses soft & hard power to the hilt. They score over us everywhere by the way they present their case! We are a divided house & our politicians re-cycle contentious issues forever to hood-wink the people. Issues are churned out one after the other to disrupt the normal life & the man in the street suffers most!
We can alienate outselves from the world arena. Cuba is trying to stand up. Vietnam is dusting off their years of wilderness. North Korea is still lost but China is helping them with baby-steps. Cambodia finished off 25% population under Pol Pot & still the nightmares haunt them daily! Europe is unrecognisable after the cold war
Let us stay relevant at least for the sake of our children. The world is not perfect! We have to make the best of a bad situation, as in our daily lives!
