The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 225
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. Ronald Reagan, a great American President, by his firm and unrelenting policy towards International Communism, contributed to the fall of Communist Soviet Union and its breakup. For this great historical change, President Gorbachev and his liberal and democratic policy, which was most daring, deserves credit and recognition. . Russia is faced with a very hard economic situation following the collapse of its state controlled economy. The former super power has been reduced to the position of a beggar state. It is hard to say which direction Russia will take in the future. Will the ultranationalists and rightists gain power and will their policy be of accommodation and friendship with the West or that of confrontation?. Russian army's brutal invasion of the Chechnya region and its capital of Grozny shows that inspite of democratic changes in. Russia, Russian leaders and generals can be as inhuman and ruthless. as in the old times of the Communist dictators. Instead of reaching a politically negotiated settlement of the Chechnya problem, Russia has used massive force resulting in huge casualties. The problems in. Russia are far from over. . The dangers for world peace, resulting from actions of Russia still exist, even though we are now in post cold war period and there is a general sense of relief and security in the west due to collapse of international Communism and break up of the Soviet Union. This period will prove to be deceptive. . Reviewing the world situation in 1995, there has been progress in reducing the number of nuclear warheads and long-range missiles by both America and Russia. But more than enough weapons for the mutual destruction still exist. As long as nuclear weapons are kept, the danger will persist. The Dajjal and Gog and Magog of the. Islamic prophecy are still there though their power and domination of the world has been much reduced and Christianity is on the retreat in many parts of the world. The world needs to pay attention and heed the warning words by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised. Messiah and Mahdi. He saw a vision in which he made a new heaven and new earth. This has a symbolic meaning and a prophecy that 225