Times of Eswatini

Condemn war at every turn

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Madam,

Wars are raging in many parts of the world and involved parties are using bu reaucratic euphemisms such as µadeTuate response’ and µretaliati­on’ to sanitise different forms of murder.

&an it be proportion­al to use massive air power at low altitudes and risN hundreds of innocent civilian lives" 8ncontroll­able wars have made this era among the most perilous ever. Today’s brutal conflicts are an evolved propensity to eliminate any potential competitor. It is often during armed conflict that human rights are infringed the most.

The current escalating assault on global civilian areas is a gut wrenching pro tracted war on defenceles­s civilians. 2ur inaction and delusions will end up costing humanity more than it can afford. The outrageous lies and euphemisms add insult to the genocide that is now in full progress, an assault that is inherently un ethical. (very misdirecte­d bomb, every brutal raid, every innocent civilian Nilled, every lie and denial and minimisati­on is recruitmen­t for those who adhere to the insane policy of might is right. In today’s internatio­nal politics, force is becoming the ultimate arbiter of disputes.

What we are witnessing in the conflict ]ones is an industrial scale campaign to eradicate the original inhabitant­s of the many lands. It is indeed sad and tragic that the world’s conscience has not been sufficient­ly aroused by the scope and ferocity of events unfolding in war ]ones.

The insane bombardmen­t of civilian areas is a total violation of even the basic rules governing armed combat. We must decry these inhuman wars and sufferings. 'oing so might help spare the lives of children and civilians. The opportunit­y to resist the massacre of the innocent rests with us.

When human dignity is in Meopardy, when human lives are endangered, na tional borders and sensitivit­ies become irrelevant we, the living, must speaN for the dead in war immersed areas. We can not interpret their mutilated dreams and visions we must taNe sides. 1eutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. %y remaining silent or indifferen­t, we become accomplice­s to all acts of war.

Farouk A

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