Those were the days, the yesteryear as my father called them. A time most remembered when carefree summer days really seemed to never end. The endless summers of old have now morphed into a somber realization bleeding does not stand still. As this past summer not so quietly enters into a sober fall where the flow of humanity is being ripped apart the setting of the summer sun brings one to tears of sorrow and remorse. The suffering and misery of so many millions in the tragedy of our times contact push the world toward a disastrous fate.
It has been so many years since when the world feature mankind was starting to find it's way. But, somewhere along the line those intentions completely gave way to the onslaught of horror we are seeing today. That fleeting moment in a not so bygone days where goodness and compassion dictated many of America's policies have now given way to the factions that today are in play. The outcome about human tragedy has yet subsequent told. But, if the turmoil in Libya and Syria go unfold the human tragedy is going anticipated far over anyone can imagine. We are all should be mindful perfect was about a century ago that history was being written in blood and tears when mankind witnessed tremendously horror of the First and Second World War. For over those thirty years of bloodshed, misery and woe we would have thought before mankind would have learned how to peacefully coexist. And, yet history is still being written every evil intentions of man. The allure for power, control and wealth which has dominated man's actions since the beginning of time contact thrust humanity down into the abyss.
The repetitive nature humanity still possesses end ignite the world in flames of hopelessness, and despair. The terror unleashed in this period in time has spread far and wide. It is the selfishness of man that make keep the embers of hate burning bright. We see it here in the United States where tensions abound. Another real tragedy though is half a world away where today's trek of so many refugees one could arguably say is very reminiscent to the trail of tears of the American Indians, the refugees fleeing Poland and Germany in the late 1930's, and the horror of the Batan cortege of 1942.
Questions behooves be asked considering the magnitude about refugee crisis. Questions that will accelerate solutions to mitigate the after effects of years of War Between the States amidst untold terror. It was around four yesterday that Egypt became the catalyst where chaos, rebellion, distention, and anarchy all erupted into what is now called the beginning of the Arab Spring. Egypt, suddenly seemed like a pretty stable country. But, inner factions were already in play where a firestorm of frustration among the populace had been brewing for quite some time. It finally inflame into a tempest of a harsh reality. A harsh reality where generality Middle East actually was a hot seat of raw emotions that was poised to explode.
Fortunate we were in the United States for the feeling of a frustrated public during and after the financial crisis of 2008 could have erupted into a much worse scenario. We must remember where there is lost opportunities for a better life, oppression of a freedom, and stagnation of a society are the main ingredients for future rebellion. In 2011 Egypt all these factors came together like a tsunami rushing over the entire country. This hot seat of despair by so many impoverished was now poised to ignite the wrath of populations through-out all region.
What mankind notice to now is that all through-out the Mid-East and around the Mediterranean where deeply carnage, lawlessness and terror has been unleashed millions already have fled their native homelands in desperation searching nonetheless safe haven. Any country that would provide sanctuary. With many countries where once their boarders were closed have begun to actually see the horror that has unfolded. Multitudes that have been fleeing for their very lives have made many countries now realize that humanitarian needs are the ones that matter most.
With so many multitudes fleeing, escaping the stench of war have now made some countries open their boarders. earlier more than 380,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean this year alone in search of finding that safe haven. Many have made it to Greece while thousands more have only perished in their attempt to escape the wrath of war, famine and hate. The scenes of horror, destruction and plight where the terror is constant every perpetual the cries of the fleeing people are previously being heard. Thousands of people, these refugees, end struggle making their way. Many walk for days only forthcoming tear-gassed and beaten at certain borders. Many are crammed into trains and trucks like cattle as they try to make their escape of tremendously misery and decay. And, the numbers keep on growing.
One can not help wonder considering Europe's recent past, now at the epicenter about unfolding human travesty how this humanitarian crisis evolved? Today, more than 19 million people have been forced to flee their home countries by war, persecution, and oppression. The numbers keep growing by more than 50,000 fleeing every day. Many, of them have already landed in Europe. With Europe's current economic crisis that crisis is now even more exasperated by growing humanitarian needs.
What has compounded this crisis is the fact that from years of war has forced millions from their homes especially in the Middle-East, and sub Saharan Africa. This forced migration has now opened a previously closed route into Europe. It has been for a ages the anti refugee policies of the West including the US and other wealthier countries that are best suited to handle the influx of many refugees don't. It is the insecurity of the leaders of Western countries that are fearful over the effects of immigration. This, again being preoccupied with vague long held ideas about their national identity. An identity that are still driving nativist populist politics which has only assist this humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. The result is that at a time when more people than ever insufficient, wealthy countries are more reluctant to help. This reluctance has put thousands or millions of innocent refugee families in danger.
Many have speculated that the Arab Spring that started in Egypt, affect Syria, and spurred the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi the after effects have left Libya and the Mid-East in a complete state of chaos. someday it was the United States and our allies that instigated and through military intervention helped create the instability that we are witnessing today. Meanwhile in Syria the continued War Between the States and the rise of ISIS have made it impossible to have any pretty stability where the Syrian people would manage come off with their lives. Hence, the mass forced migration to safe havens where they will go to any extreme to escape the brutal terror that go ruin a once stable nation.
The biggest contributor of the humanitarian crisis is Syria. Over four million people, nearly a fifth of Syria's population, have fled the country since the war began in 2011. And, it's not perplexing why Syrians are fleeing. The Assad's regime has targeted their own civilians with chemical weapons and barrel bombs. Not only that ISIS has subjected Syrians to murder, torture, crucifixion, sexual slavery, and other appalling atrocities. More terrorists groups like Jabhat al-Nusra have already tortured and killed extra Syrians. Those lucky enough to escape have ended up in under funded and crowded camps in neighboring countries. But seeing little future for their families in these camps, and knowing they may never be able to return home, many have decided to commence that dangerous and uncertain journey for a better life in Europe.
But, it's not just Syria refugees either. Older, longer-running conflicts have displaced over bargain refugees from Somalia and two million from Afghanistan. Political and sectarian repression in not only the Mid-East but other countries also are all serve the most immense humanitarian crisis of our times. Many families in Eritrea are fleeing the dictatorship there. In Myanmar, a Muslim minority group known as the Rohingya has endured brutal violence and roman holiday, sometimes with the support of the Myanmar government or even at the hands of government forces themselves. It was just recently that the plight of fleeing Rohingyas show to the outside world only after thousands became stranded at sea, marooned in unhealthy boats just because neighboring countries refused to take them in.
In Central America, gang violence and lawlessness made thousands of families so desperate for their children's safety that they sent those children on a perilous journey north toward what they hoped prospective safety in the United States. Today, that influx of so many children have only exasperated the ongoing immigration debate in Washington. nothing that the United States is one nation that has advance this humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. We have done it by being the largest consumer of illegal drugs. In the Mid-East our foreign policies have only created the instability through-out masses region which has given salute the many insurgent terrorist groups that have added to the growing violence forcing more people to seek save havens outside their own country. In other words the United States has inadvertently helped create hardship humanitarian crisis since the Second World War.
To end the human suffering and restore some stability and security the United States must first realize that by our own policies and interventions through-out the world have helped create the instability that has only intensified this on going global humanitarian crisis. Our future reckon solving one of the most pressing crisis of our times. It perhaps done but only through diplomacy.
