Why Have Western Military Powers and Israel Chosen the Middle East for Hot Wars Since the End of the Cold War?

Why Have Western Military Powers and Israel Chosen the Middle East for Hot Wars Since the End of the Cold War?

Mujeeb Khan

   The Bush administration laid the foundation for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were unnecessary and illegal, these countries did not attack the United States. Afghans fought a war on the soil of their country against the Soviet Union, a major ideological enemy of America in the world. Afghans gave their lives, destroyed their homes, destroyed their country, and made a new history of defeating the Soviet Union on its own soil. America left Afghanistan without acknowledging the sacrifices of the Afghan people. The United States did not stand with Afghan freedom fighters and declare the end of the war, did not even thank the Afghans. First, long before 9/11, the United States had opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden, but the United States turned its back on it. The Sudanese government asked the Clinton administration to take bin Laden from Sudan. The Clinton administration asked the government of Sudan to expel him from their country. Bin Laden was going from Sudan to Afghanistan with his associates, but America missed him by sending the CIA. Then after 9/11, the Bush administration asked the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan, to hand over Osama bin Laden to the United States. However, after great resistance, Taliban leader Mullah Omar was willing to hand over Osama bin Laden to a third country. However, the Bush administration invaded Afghanistan ended the Taliban rule, and announced that the war in Afghanistan would continue until the Taliban was eliminated.

  In the same way, the Bush administration started the war against Iraq. Iraq had eliminated lethal weapons. The day this report was given to President Bush; he ordered the invasion of Iraq. These were the wars of the Bush administration. Barack Obama had come to power, and President Obama said these are now my wars. Instead of ending the Afghan and Iraq wars, President Obama added two new wars in Syria and Libya to these wars. While the wars with al-Qaeda and ISIS were on top of these wars. The ancient Israel-Palestine war that was bleeding in the Arab world, America and Israel put it under these wars, even during wars, Israel dropped bombs on Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank. They used to kill seven hundred Palestinians, and they used to destroy their homes, schools, hospitals, and infrastructure. After the end of the Cold War, this region was chosen for hot wars, it is a rich region. There are better facilities for wars, if the people come out against the wars, the rulers will crush them. Saudi Arabia conducted three surveys in the Middle East to determine public opinion about establishing relations with Israel. Ninety percent of the Arab public was against it. But four Arab countries established diplomatic relations with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel, anyway, disregarding Arab Public opinion. And Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s statement was that Israel is getting closer. When have the Arab rulers respected the opinions and feelings of their people? The Arab rulers sent their youth to the Afghan Jihad, then what happened to them? Those who had enlightened their world with their Jihad, they made darkened their world. The brotherly Arab rulers stood under the leadership of President Obama and destroyed the brotherly Arab countries of Syria and Libya. The families and lives of millions of Arab brothers were destroyed. When the rulers are like this, it is unknown how many more countries and families will be destroyed.

  Donald Trump was the only president in America’s contemporary history to keep warmongers at bay and had not started a new war, had not made Bush’s and Obama’s wars his wars. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton, and other hawkish made a big effort to take military action against Iran. President Trump was a businessman and he understood risk. President Trump said that I can order an attack right now, but I do not want to kill innocent women, men, and children. This compassion for humanity in President Trump is not liked by Israel and American warmongers, if President Trump attacked Iran and turned it into Iraq, Syria, and Libya, he would have been re-elected president by a huge majority like George Bush and Barack Obama. Wars are a disaster for humanity but a bonanza for warmongers. Bush and Obama prioritized bonanza over humanity. On the death of women, children, and men in Afghanistan, President Bush arrogantly said “People die in war, what can you expect from war?”