Where
Is The West? Why Isn't It Letting Refugees In?
(President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan,Turkey)
An
Answer To President Erdogan:
In
a recent interview President Erdogan expressed his support for
keeping an 'open door' policy for refugees fleeing the carnage and
chaos in Syria but asked why the West is not assisting with this
humanitarian crisis.
My
answer would be that if Turkey had been more supportive of the
legitimate Syrian government then this crisis would not have arisen
in the first place.
Having
said that, the current Syrian President Assad and his late father continued
for decades to give active and passive support for the Military Wing of the PKK (The Kurdistan Workers Party) to weaken the extent of
Turkish influence in the region.
So
there you have it, two neighbors both plotting against each other in
secret whilst in public both it's Presidents hugging each other like
long-lost brothers at every opportunity for the media photo shoots.
Why
should we in the West get even further involved in Byzantine intrigues?; we have
enough of our own.
No,
this humanitarian issue is most certainly one for the Arab World to
deal with in terms of refugee resettling.
The
International Relief Agencies will no doubt continue to assist with
whatever humanitarian roles they are requested to play in terms of
practical aid for these helpless and unfortunate refugees whom,
through no fault of their own, are being mercilessly uprooted.
As
I have earlier said, it is always distressing to see refugees fleeing
- whether that be in the Ukraine regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, The
Congo, Libya, Niger, Mali and indeed in situations where they have
nowhere else to flee to – such as in The Gaza, Palestine. But
many of these problems are of their leaders' own makings.
In
all of the countries and regions mentioned above a failure of
internal diplomacy and a breakdown in civil society such that
militias are allowed to thrive independent of government control,
coupled with religion, political extremism and or tribalism, above all else, are
responsible for their tragic situations. The innocent victims are the
helpless refugees who do the dying whilst their political masters
refuse to negotiate to the last drop of their (refugees) blood.
As
a onetime student of history, it is really hard to believe that
tribalism and religion are again being used by politicians to take nations back into
Mediaeval ages – and that ordinary folk are buying into these messages of hate in
the 21st century. It just confirms my theory about how
backward a species we all are, despite our technologies and supposed evolution.
That
great centers of learning whether they be in Timbuktu or Buddhist
Shrines in Afghanistan should be destroyed in the name of a religion,
a race or a tribe. That the sites of Saints and Mosques should be
leveled to the ground in Iraq and Syria. That
priests and nuns should be taken prisoner and murdered in Syria. That
Muslim will butcher Muslim with the justification that they 'differ'
in interpretation of the Koran so are therefore 'not Muslim' and
subject to ritual slaughter, buffet-style. That
Eastern European Orthodox Christian will butcher Eastern European Orthodox Christian,
again buffet-style (albeit blanket shelling of centers of population densities) because they come from different tribes, sub-tribes or are 'different' Christians not of the same 'interpretation' of the Holy Book or political agenda. [ The
next person who preaches to me about the loving beauty of religions and
positive values of tribal, clan and ethnic unity will get very short shrift.]
So
this is the way the world is heading:
Turkey's Salafist rulers eyeing Syria as a potential province to incorporate – placing a
jugular around Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah and it's umbilical links with
Iran – all in the name of Saudi Arabia's Salafism and Wahhabism ideologies.
Israel
assisting to oust Assad in the mistaken belief that it will bring
it's own border security closer; Jordan, hoping and praying that it
can continue to survive as a 'Switzerland' in the region whilst playing both ends against the middle. The
Silk Roads (and technological electronic superhighways) paved with the wealth of the Caspian and beyond to China,
being fought for diplomatic, military and political influence and
control every inch of their construction – with most of the citizens in the Western world
oblivious to this new Great Game (read my earlier blog about the
wealth of the Caspian Sea region) with (Sunni) Turkey, again scrambling and
vying with the West, with (Shia) Iran, with Russia and with China, the
United States and the European Union for control and influence of
this new El Dorado of boundless wealth for some - estimated to span bountiful abundances for
at least the next 200 years. For others, they will become their Roads to Hell.
Little
do those unfortunate unborn children and adults in the 'placid' lands, (ranging from benevolent dictatorships like Libya under Colonel Gadhafi, to outright totalitarian regimes like North Korea, but nothing, in comparison, as disastrous, horrific and catastrophic situations for their people, as what is about to befall them in the near future, that is, not since at least two thousand years ago)
of these regions appreciate how close the 4 Horsemen are approaching with haste in their stirrups and
how their very own lives will be soon uprooted and shattered in the name of
the riches others are about to claim in their names.
Patrick
Emek
last amendment on 28th September, 2014
Note:
It has been mentioned to me that there is no compelling evidence to suggest the widespread targeting and slaughter of priests and nuns by ISIL in Syria.
This will be of no comfort to the prisoners of war, innocent men, women and children of every faith - including the Muslim faith - deliberately butchered by ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/wiping-out-the-christians-of-syria-and-iraq-to-remap-the-mid-east-prerequisite-to-a-clash-of-civilizations/5394075
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/taliban-destroy-buddhas-march-2001/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu
last amendment on 28th September, 2014
Note:
It has been mentioned to me that there is no compelling evidence to suggest the widespread targeting and slaughter of priests and nuns by ISIL in Syria.
This will be of no comfort to the prisoners of war, innocent men, women and children of every faith - including the Muslim faith - deliberately butchered by ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/wiping-out-the-christians-of-syria-and-iraq-to-remap-the-mid-east-prerequisite-to-a-clash-of-civilizations/5394075
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/taliban-destroy-buddhas-march-2001/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu
