The world has lost its humanity
WE WILL begin the holy month of Ramadaan within the next three weeks as war, the grim reaper, continues to claim the lives of innocent people across the world.
The dire consequences of war, hatred and prejudice, particularly for the civilian population, defy description.
War is like fire in the human community, one whose fuel is human beings. Wars expose man’s ultimate inhumanity to man.
Wars are an innate but obsolete part of human nature.
Wars reflect man’s worst instinct, untamed by rationality.
All wars are instigated by hungry megalomaniacs, the politicians, managed by professional killers, the military, and fought by the brainwashed members of their prospective population, the cannon fodder.
This is the ultimate war crime against humanity, while a passive global audience looks on.
Today’s world abounds in international courts, laws and tribunals, yet war is becoming more brutal and more transnational with mounting civilian casualties.
The world has lost its humanity. Conflicts in many lands have been marked out by almost medieval acts of savagery.
The scale of brutality is frightening. There is no logic to the growing levels of nihilistic violence and wanton bloodshed.
The carnage in the Middle East, fascism in Asia and the descent into barbarity have been swift.
Mankind is locked in a titanic struggle to contain the most deadly plague of this century.
It was Martin Luther who said: “War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity. It destroys religion. It destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.”
Prospects for global peace will never attain reality. Numerous power blocs are being created.
These structures are quite possibly the nucleus of an aspiring self-totalitarian world state.
The creation of a new all-powerful New World Order.
Human conflict will never end war. Only the dead have seen the end of war. History reminds us that no matter how atrocious war becomes, humanity will never say “enough is enough”. Even the obscenity of all the wars now raging out of control, with the ultimate horror of nuclear war, does not convince mankind to avoid war as a diplomatic bargaining tool.
History is splattered with the blood of innocent people who perished in a multitude of wars in the 20th century.
Politics is among the most ancient and consequential sources of conflict, as it determines how power will be distributed among people, including life and death, wealth and poverty, independence and obedience.
Every nation has violated Article 2 of The United Nations Charter of 1945, which calls on member nations to abstain from the use of force in their international relations.
It is indeed a sad fact that war and conflict drive and sustain the mighty industrial engines of the world.
We are all seeking to navigate a strange, surreal world. Let us pray for peace in Palestine, Ukraine and other war-torn areas of the world.