Saturday, October 20, 2012

Mesopotamia dying

How America under Bush killed a nation

War can never lead to any solution; rather it further aggravates the problems. The so called super powers of the world United States and United Kingdom have unabashedly used this weapon to destroy and abolish any emerging threats to their supremacy citing lame excuses. But they forget the fact that their selfish motives lead to the heinous crime of ruthless killings and mass destruction of resources. The attack on Iraq by America and Britain in 2003 is a living example of one such mistake.

In the Second Gulf War, Iraq was invaded on the basis that Iraq’s alleged possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and was believed to be supporting Al-Qaeda. It comes as no surprise that the United Nations weapon inspectors dismissed all these claims as it found no evidence of any WMD in the victim country. The on going invasion surely led to the end of the autocratic reign of Saddam Hussian but along with it according to conservative estimates nearly 85,000 civilians have lost their lives. Moreover according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, till April 2008 about 4.7 million Iraqis (nearly 16% of the total population) have been uprooted and nearly two million civilians have fled to neighbouring countries.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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