Nigeria, March 23 -- The ongoing US/Israel vs Iran war will go down in history as one landmark event that has re-educated the world about how the politics of identity can be used as a baton to beat history, religion and geography on the head.

Inequity, as carefully distinguished from inequality, is finely embroidered into the fabric of world interrelationships. For example, the world generally acknowledges that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, whereas Israel does. In the ongoing conflict, Iran was first attacked by Israel, not the other way round. This is not to say that Iran always smells of roses. It carries its own baggage of misdeeds. In the current crisis, however, Israel and America are the aggressors even if they try to spin i...