The emergence of ISIL happened only after the US invaded Iraq and destroyed the balance of order there provided by Saddam. Saddam was not a kind man however for many years the United States gave him support with weapons and intelligence. This was partly so he could fight with Iran. It seems the US uses ruthless leaders as long as they fight for interests the US wants. When Saddam projected an independence from the US he was blacklisted, his country was invaded, and the Iraq society was decimated. Saddam was captured, tried and killed. Blacklisting also happened to Noriega of Panama in 1989; and Qaddafi of Libya in 2011; among others. Al Qaeda arose in Afghanistan after the US with support from Saudi Arabia sent religious fanatics to make havoc there to give the Soviet Union its Vietnam. This geopolitical chess game seeking power over others planted seeds that have now come back to haunt the West and the US, and was predicted and named by elements in the intelligence community as "blow back". After WWII there were some who sought to create a more peaceful international framework by pulling together the United Nations and there were others who sought to expand colonialist imperialist ambitions for personal and corporate and military industrial complex gains. Eisenhower warned against this however while he could see it coming he did not set up mechanisms to avoid it. Perhaps he did not know how. This military industrial complex and its clandestine CIA force, partially grown from imported post WWII Nazi SS allowed to join the CIA, has stirred the pot, or thrown many rocks into the hornets nest. Somehow now we have to get away from throwing more. Affirming peace and civil cooperation instead of bombing and killing is the only way to tip the balance back away from the blow back that comes from rocks thrown into a hornets nest. As, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein has expressed those with influence need to advance this perspective. Please also remember that torture is among those legal items that can never be justified. Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Robert Colville, expressed this well:
"Torture is prohibited absolutely, in all circumstances, at any time," he explains in regard to the treaty signed by President Ronald Reagan. "It cannot be practiced in war, in peace, during emergencies, during internal instability, any circumstances whatsoever." http://bradblog.com/?p=10990
Mankind has two great challenges, the first is learning to live with multiple cultures, and countries, with enough respect to be peaceful and inclusive, and the second is learning to live with enough respect for other species to allow the fragile complex mosaic of life within the ecosphere to be sustainable. Affirming the rule of law and human rights, avoiding wars, and torture are all essential elements of moving in this direction. We will need some prosecutions for misdeeds from those at the top to again lift the rule of law, and create a more civil social order. peace and hugs
The emergence of ISIL happened only after the US invaded Iraq and destroyed the balance of order there provided by Saddam. Saddam was not a kind man however for many years the United States gave him support with weapons and intelligence. This was partly so he could fight with Iran. It seems the US uses ruthless leaders as long as they fight for interests the US wants. When Saddam projected an independence from the US he was blacklisted, his country was invaded, and the Iraq society was decimated. Saddam was captured, tried and killed. Blacklisting also happened to Noriega of Panama in 1989; and Qaddafi of Libya in 2011; among others. Al Qaeda arose in Afghanistan after the US with support from Saudi Arabia sent religious fanatics to make havoc there to give the Soviet Union its Vietnam. This geopolitical chess game seeking power over others planted seeds that have now come back to haunt the West and the US, and was predicted and named by elements in the intelligence community as "blow back". After WWII there were some who sought to create a more peaceful international framework by pulling together the United Nations and there were others who sought to expand colonialist imperialist ambitions for personal and corporate and military industrial complex gains. Eisenhower warned against this however while he could see it coming he did not set up mechanisms to avoid it. Perhaps he did not know how. This military industrial complex and its clandestine CIA force, partially grown from imported post WWII Nazi SS allowed to join the CIA, has stirred the pot, or thrown many rocks into the hornets nest. Somehow now we have to get away from throwing more. Affirming peace and civil cooperation instead of bombing and killing is the only way to tip the balance back away from the blow back that comes from rocks thrown into a hornets nest. As, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein has expressed those with influence need to advance this perspective. Please also remember that torture is among those legal items that can never be justified. Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Robert Colville, expressed this well:
"Torture is prohibited absolutely, in all circumstances, at any time," he explains in regard to the treaty signed by President Ronald Reagan. "It cannot be practiced in war, in peace, during emergencies, during internal instability, any circumstances whatsoever." http://bradblog.com/?p=10990
Mankind has two great challenges, the first is learning to live with multiple cultures, and countries, with enough respect to be peaceful and inclusive, and the second is learning to live with enough respect for other species to allow the fragile complex mosaic of life within the ecosphere to be sustainable. Affirming the rule of law and human rights, avoiding wars, and torture are all essential elements of moving in this direction. We will need some prosecutions for misdeeds from those at the top to again lift the rule of law, and create a more civil social order. peace and hugs