Today, I visited the Ice City in Greenland to interview Ahmed Farahnakian. His interview was unique because he seemed to be the only person I have interviewed till now that actually knew at least one of the consequences of his/her actions. He was a Major in the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps Air Force, a hefty title for a man who has fallen so far. The Ice City itself is like a final stand for civilization and mankind. Its inhabitants mainly live underground as protection from the cold above. But this harsh weather is also what provided them with a barrier against the undead during the Crisis.
Ahmed, while still under office, was often faced with huge choices to make. As a political and military leader in Iran, he often made decisions that affected his entire people or the entire country itself. It was one of these decisions that started the world's first nuclear war. After the infection had shocked countries around Iran, such as India, the refugees of these countries, many of which were infected themselves, began to flee across country borders to escape. The inflow of refugees from India was the largest due to the high population, often resulting in the movement of millions into Iran.
To protect their own people, Ahmed and his leaders ordered Pakistan to secure its borders to prevent these immigrants from continuing their movement. Although Pakistan had agreed to this, the refugees continued to pour in in large numbers. As a final hope of blockage, the Iranian military bombed a bridge that was an integral part of a route between Pakistan and Iran. the Pakistani government, viewing this as a threat, immediately fired back, shooting down border stations. This caused a serious of events to occur, eventually resulting in a sort of nuclear holocaust that killed tens of thousands of people in many unrelated cities and areas, such as Lahore, Bandar Abbas, and Ormara. These blasts eventually caused a nuclear cloud to form over all of the major continents, resulting in an even larger kill radius and many other unforeseeable consequences.
What the actions of Ahmed and his staff show us is that at the beginning of the war, many people only cared for their own group's safety and not for any other ethnic or cultural group. The actions of the Pakistani government's actions in response to the bombing of the bridge were without a proper reason and were therefore just an act of quick thinking and instincts by the Pakistani government. This instance shows us the panic and fear the people of all cultures, races, and areas of the world faced that greatly turned the war against us. I mean, doesn't the phrase go "United we stand, divided we fall"?
2 comments:
I agree, when you said he takes the blame for his actions. He was the only person that knew he did something wrong. No one else I have interviewed wanted to take blame for their actions because it will hunt them for the rest of their life. When the Iranian Military bombed the bridge the Pakistan Government saw it as a way for war. So what do think the Pakistan Government did? They fired back. That war did kill lots of innocent people just looking for safety. Also, I agree with your quote. A way to say we won’t fall together but individually we will.
I agree with Jose in respecting that Ahmed took the blame for his actions. I also do see him being partly at fault for what happened. I believe that the bridge should have been shut down in another way. Had the Iranian government found a better way to close down this vital route into Iran, they could have accomplished what they were trying to do without creating the bomb scare for Pakistan. I'm also not surprised that Pakistan fired back at Iran after the bridge bombing. The tension from the "Great Panics" all over the world would have the military leaders very high-strung, just itching to press that "Fire Missiles" button.
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