By David Ray Griffin
April 20, 2018
Source: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49267.htm
April 20, 2018
Source: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49267.htm
In Syria, the goal of creating
chaos has succeeded in spades. Mnar Muhawesh wrote: [F]oreign powers have sunk
the nation into a nightmare combination of civil war, foreign invasion and
terrorism. Syrians are in the impossible position of having to choose between
living in a warzone, being targeted by groups like ISIS and the Syrian
government’s brutal crack- down, or faring dangerous waters with minimal safety
equipment only to be denied food, water and safety by European governments if
they reach shore.
Of course, many Syrians were unable, or chose not to try, to reach Europe. Continuing her discussion of the refugee crisis created by the destabilization of Syria, Muhawesh added:
Other Syrians seeing the chaos at home have turned to neighboring Arab Muslim countries. Jordan alone has absorbed over half a million Syrian refugees; Lebanon has accepted nearly 1.5 million; and Iraq and Egypt have taken in several hundred thousand. . . . Turkey has [by 2015] taken in nearly 2 million refugees.55
By the end of 2015, the conflict in Syria had “displaced 12 million people, creating the largest wave of refugees to hit Europe since World War II.”56
Of course, many Syrians were unable, or chose not to try, to reach Europe. Continuing her discussion of the refugee crisis created by the destabilization of Syria, Muhawesh added:
Other Syrians seeing the chaos at home have turned to neighboring Arab Muslim countries. Jordan alone has absorbed over half a million Syrian refugees; Lebanon has accepted nearly 1.5 million; and Iraq and Egypt have taken in several hundred thousand. . . . Turkey has [by 2015] taken in nearly 2 million refugees.55
By the end of 2015, the conflict in Syria had “displaced 12 million people, creating the largest wave of refugees to hit Europe since World War II.”56
