There is a major difference between a human being and being humane. A life full of luxuries, affluence, high educational degrees and many other similar attributes are not sufficient and mandatory for being a good and righteous human being. Rather, a person should be good at heart and should feel the pain of others. If a person doesn’t feel the pain of other people or silently watches oppression without reacting to it in one or the other way, in spite of enjoying the above mentioned attributes, he is not worthy of being called a noble creature of Almighty God who has been entitled as Ashraful Makhlooqaat.
History is witness to the fact that economic wealth and cultural enlightenment has never remained confined to a particular region of the world but have been revolving from one part of the globe to another with the passage of time due to numberless factors. Western world particularly Europe, which is currently enjoying the status of the most civilised and economically developed nation, witnessed a period of dark age spanning for almost nine-hundred years between 5th and 14th centuries when the church was the only authority to decide the fate and honour of common masses. Western world is currently progression by leaps and bounds in the field of science and technology but it doesn’t give it any authority to interfere in the socio-economic and political affairs of other parts of world, nor does it make the white race superior to people in other parts of the world.
The Russia- Ukraine war has unfolded the hidden policy and ideology of the western world and its people. Though everyone is well aware about their deceptive policies but their recent statements regarding Russia- Ukraine war have clearly depicted that they presume themselves superior and more respectable than the rest of the world.
War has never been good to human beings. It brings nothing but distress, devastation, loss of property and human lives. Brides become widows and children orphans. Friends become foes. Majestic cities and beautiful castles are razed to dust and ruins. Since the dawn of 21st century, human beings have witnessed many disastrous wars due to geopolitical conflicts between different nations. These wars have caused great horrors and destroyed many beautiful countries.
America and its allies targeted Afghanistan and the beautiful mountainous country was razed to ruins. During the America-Afghanistan war, almost the entire world supported America’s false propaganda and resultantly, Afghanistan was declared a terrorist state. After a few years, it was Saddam’s Iraq which was demolished and devastated by America on account of some allegations which were never proved. Due to war, Iraq which was once a rich and developing country was turned into a poor and economically dependent country. Then Libya and other countries were added to the list and the common thing among all these wars was that these wars were due to unjustified aggression of America and its supporters.
However, the western media portrayed the rulers of the enemy nations as cruel and tyrant oppressors and depicted them as a threat to humanity. Their property was burned to ashes and their wives were widowed and children orphaned. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become one of the world’s most enduring conflicts where thousands of Palestinians are killed every year. The UN has become a mere spectator to this conflict and the world media is silently watching the bloodshed of poor Palestinian people. No country in the western world has banned Israel nor declared it a terrorist country, all due to their political and economic interests.
The Russia-Ukraine war has landed the Western world in a dystopia. They are shocked to see a developed nation being attacked and destroyed by another developed nation where people of their own race are killed and their property demolished. America along with Europe have become supporters and defenders of Ukraine. Today Russia’s atrocity is visible to the whole western media but the same western media was silent when Russia indiscriminately bombarded Syria and nobody listened to the cries of Syrian people. Neither any country in the world banned Russia nor was it declared a terrorist state. But when brown-haired people are being killed, Russia is pressurised to stop the war and European countries are helping Ukraine by trying to send their army and ammunition to fight against Russia. Eastern nations are being threatened to not co-operate with Russia.
A question arises here that when the unjustified aggression of America and its allies destroyed Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and others countries and killed lakhs of people there, were their lives not precious? The world remained silent and nobody mourned their deaths. America was never pressurised to stop its aggression. These bigoted people of modern civilised nations mourn the death of only those people who have brown hairs and blue eyes, as these are their parameters for being a human being. But such people should always remember that atrocity, barbarism, inhumanity and brutality in any form and anywhere should always be condemned, resisted and denounced. Killing of a single innocent human soul irrespective of its caste, colour and creed is like killing whole humanity. Every human has the right to live peacefully.
War has never been a solution to any problem but rather creates more problems and gives rise to more political conflicts. War ultimately ends but the coming generations have to bear its ill effects for many centuries. Every nation should try to avoid war and stop unjustified aggression on other countries to make the world a peaceful place to live in. The United Nations should play its role in solving political conflicts peacefully in different parts of the world, rather than being a mere spectator and puppet of few nuclear powers of the world.

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Abid Hussain Rather