Muslim Migrants: A Blowback & Shame
By Ameer Ali –September 12, 2015
Dr. Ameer Ali
With hundreds of thousands so far, of Syrians, Libyans, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, flocking into Europe in waves, the receiving countries are caught in a painful dilemma. While natural feelings of human compassion and love compel them to accommodate as many migrants as possible and cater to their immediate needs the host nations are also facing on the other hand the prospect of a political backlash from ultra-nationalists and xenophobic extremists. Using rising resource-cost as a possible argument there may be ceilings placed on the volume of intake. Such limitations though understandable will not close the door for illegal human traffickers.
In spite of this dilemma Europe should face the undeniable truth, i.e., these immigrant waves are a blowback for Europe’s via NATO’s collusion with the American super power to invade, bomb and destroy parts of the Middle East and South Asia, all in the name of a never ending war on terrorism and exporting democracy. Terrorist attacks continue to shatter peace in Iraq and Libya while sectarian fights and proxy wars make democracy a distant dream if not an illusion.
This meddling with the Middle East by the Western powers goes right back to the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and to the creation of artificial nation states with scant regard to the religious, ethnic and tribal sensitivities of the people concerned in the region. Kings and Sultans were picked from families of minority groups and planted as head of states to rule over the majority. Mostly through hereditary succession or army coups rulers were changed but always with the approval of their foreign backers. Even elections when they were held as in Egypt for example it were a farce.
Some of these parvenus who got elected eventually became dictators and tyrants lacking any legitimacy from the majority of citizenry. Pure economic and hegemonic interests made the Middle East a hunting ground for the West and Europe has been in the thick of it. The millions of refugees that are congregating at the border of Europe is the blowback of the Great Game.Read More