Have you ever wondered
why we human beings have not been able to achieve global peace? Our
technological advancement has been terrific, but why have we not learnt to co-exist
peacefully? Why some or the other region in the world has to be a “conflict zone”?
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| Courtesy: http://www.oxfam.org/en/content/2012-g8-summit-camp-david-maryland |
The answer is
simple: Peace does not help generate money for the ruling class.
Leaders of
countries with “conflict zone” are short sighted, corrupt, self-indulgent,
incompetent or all of that and continue ‘kicking the can down the road’, neglecting
steps for the real solutions. This is the scenario in most of the developing
countries with conflicts.
Whereas, leaders
in “conflict-free” countries need conflict in other countries to drive their
economy. Check the list of ‘Top Arms Exporters’ (Ref: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2012.
http://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2012_of_at_top_20_exp_map.html):
1. USA
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. France
5. United Kingdom
6. China
7. Spain
8. Netherlands
9. Italy
10. Israel
If there is
peace in the world, who will buy the arms? The list is full of “developed
nations” (except China, Russia which fall in developing category). All these nations
often look out for excuses to intervene in other countries’ conflicts. In the
name of “peace”, “democracy” and “freedom”, they often generate more
complexities by providing arms to rival groups, fueling the conflicts; for
example: almost all wars around the world after IInd World War. Interestingly, all
five permanent members of UN Security Council are topping this list of the arms
sellers.
No wonder, global
peace is a delusion in the present world order.
See this
interactive world map of conflict zones:
Slide the arrow to see how number of conflicts has
increased in recent times.
