Will the world ever be safe?

59.5 million forcibly displaced; international community unable to stop wars:

by Latheef Farook

In a startling disclosure that humanity is subjected to threat by the USA, the UNHCR's annual 'Global Trends Report: World at War' released on June 18, 2015, said the number of people forcibly displaced at the end of 2014 had risen to a staggering 59.5 million.

Internally displaced Syrian families spend their day at the Maiber al-Salam refugee camp along the Turkish border in the northern province of Aleppo. The number of Syrians who have fled their conflict-ravaged homeland has surpassed 1.4 million. AFP Getty Images

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, summed up the situation succinctly in his statement, "It is terrifying that on the one hand there is more and more impunity for those starting conflicts, and on the other there is seeming utter inability of the international community to work together to stop wars and build and preserve peace".

So who are these refugees?

It comes as no surprise that overwhelming majority are Muslims, from Palestine when their land become Israeli territory, from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnian, Kosovo, Albania, Somalia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Central Asian Republics, Myanmar, several African countries.

Added to these are also 21 million Yemenis on the brink of famine in their own country due to Saudi bombing in the Holy Month of Ramazan The top three countries of origin for refugees are Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, all of which are Muslim majority nations. Iraq and Afghanistan alone make up 45% of all refugees under the care of UNHCR. Palestinians remain the largest group numbering about 4.7 million.

In Syria, nearly ten million people - almost half of the entire population- are in serious jeopardy due to the ongoing conflict. Already 7.6 million people have been displaced internally, and 3.88 million people have escaped to neighbouring countries and are living as refugees.Forced into near destitution, these are people who once had their own comfortable homes and lived peaceful lives in their own countries, some of which were almost developed.

However, the US led, NATO-Israeli supported, so called 'War on Terror' have turned these countries into wasteland, destroying modern infra structures, killing millions, displacing millions more and turning several more millions into refugees.

Worst ever crusade

Many Muslim historians describe these wars as the worst ever crusade in the more than 14 century history of Islam and Muslims, charge that it was deliberately planned and carefully executed to ensure Israel's supremacy in the region.

The active members of the US led war alliance include the United Kingdom, France, several European countries, Israel, and the Middle East including Saudi Arabia and Gulf Sheikhdoms. Colonialism has re-emerged as Arab authoritarianism. Violent authoritarian states have bred violent reactions.

The Western aided overthrow of governments in Iran and Iraq provoked violent anti-Western responses. Popular uprisings have transformed to renewed authoritarianism (Egypt) or horrific civil war (Syria, Libya, and Yemen). And this is just a part of the terrible story that is engulfing the world in conflict.

While collaborating in these wars, Russia had its own share of killing Muslims in its own territory of Chechnya, where around 15 percent of the population was decimated. There is hardly a Chechen family who has not lost their loved ones. Added to this, Russia also protects and promotes oppressive dictators in Muslim countries in Central Asia, where people continue to suffer brutal subjugation. This has led to most countries in the Middle East regressing several centuries, decimating Muslim societies and erasing ancient civilizations, history and culture.

Quest for enemies

That the so called 'war on terror' is mostly based on lies, deceptions, and ruthless manipulation of the media and other establishments, is conveniently overlooked, as is the fact that those facing the brunt of the bombing are innocent people. This callous disregard for humanity was aptly sated by former US Secretary of State Colin Powel, in his famous claim, "I am not interested in the number games."

It has been well documented that US in quest for enemies, to hoodwink the world and justify the wars, created organizations such as Al Qaeda, Taliban and now ISIS, which is destroying Northern Iraq and Syrian territories, uprooting millions from their homes and killing the innocent. In fact, former US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton confirmed that "Al Qaeda was created by America".

Most of the violent crimes have been blamed on Al Qaeda, Taliban and now ISIS, in a bid to demonize Islam and Muslims and create an atmosphere to justify the crimes of others.

Thus US led war on terrorism is in fact part of its global war agenda. Western weapons industries, especially in US, UK, France and other European countries and Israel, continue to flourish in the misery of millions.

The period since the collapse of former Soviet Union has been the most lucrative in the history of the weapons industry.

Justice and revenge

Gullible Gulf dictators alone spent more than 100 billion dollars in buying weapons during the past few years. The question is who are they going to fight with? United Nations is today a worthless organization as it has been ruthlessly manipulated to legalize these wars.

Under the circumstance, the question is whether the world will ever be the same with millions of families torn apart - children growing up without parents and parents unable to provide even the bare essentials for children. It will take a lot for these children suffering in refugee camps, to grow up into well adjusted adults. Human nature would demand justice for their plight, and failure by the world leaders to do so would only lead, the victims seeking a different kind of justice.

The recent bombings in Kuwait, killings of the chief prosecutor in Egypt, ongoing killings in Afghanistan and in Tunisia are but examples of the kind of justice the victims would unleash.

In his book 'Globalization of war doctrine', Michel Chossudovsky, professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) in Montreal, Canada, said "The world is on a brink of America's instigated wars against all countries that would not succumb to political pressure by the US Empire.

This US military adventure threatens the future of humanity. Before, talking about 'Islamic terrorism' one has to address 'Western-inflicted terrorism' upon these countries".