Obama has quit smoking, the news was repeatedly covered by media all around the world. It enlightened that one in five adults in US, about 46 million people, still smoke. Some three out of four smokers who try to kick the habit of smoking relapse within six months, so Obama has finally done what millions of fellow Americans are still struggling to achieve.
The news illustrates that he did this for his friends, wife and especially children. How optimistic it sounds to give up something which has more drawbacks.
This particular gesture brought a glimpse in my mind that how wonderful it would be if he could change his policies which are having more drawbacks and which are coming up with no progress, the policies which are creating more harm and destruction for the countries and for human beings. What if one can also kick vicious habits in the same way! What if one can kick the policies of drone attacks, vast military operations and double games!!
Alas to this dim and emotional glimpse that one is going to take the things in a way as drone attacks, military operations, and violation of ones country laws, brings nothing but killings and destruction. It only halts the peace process and ruins the relations between states. Peace cannot be attained by bombs.
MAIMUNA ASHRAF
Rawalpindi
