Who is responsible for the refugee crisis in Europe?

[Mika]

Who is responsible for the refugee crisis in Europe?

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Any serious consideration of what lies behind the surge of refugees into Europe leads to the inescapable conclusion that it constitutes not only a tragedy but a crime. More precisely, it is the tragic byproduct of a criminal policy of aggressive wars and regime change interventions pursued uninterruptedly by US imperialism, with the aid and complicity of its Western European allies, over the course of nearly a quarter century.

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the US ruling elite concluded that it was free to exploit America’s unrivaled military might as a means of offsetting US capitalism’s long-term economic decline. By means of military aggression, Washington embarked on a strategy of establishing its hegemony over key markets and sources of raw materials, beginning first and foremost with the energy-rich regions of the Middle East and Central Asia.

This strategy was summed up crudely in the slogan advanced by the Wall Street Journal in the aftermath of the first war against Iraq in 1991: “Force works.”

What the world is witnessing in today’s wave of desperate refugees attempting to reach Europe are the effects of this policy as it has been pursued over the whole past period.

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[Person 2713]

1. This mirrors my thoughts exactly and adds additional good arguments I was unaware of

[elleng]

2. Project for the New American Century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

[arikara]

3. thanks for posting

The socks will be around soon to knock the source.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Ultimately the power brokers in this country.

They wanted to control countries not controlled by the Soviet Union. They wanted their natural resources without just compensation. They wanted to control the borders. And by starting two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq) and working behind the scenes in Syria, Sudan, and Libya for "regime change", they created a refugee crisis that spread to Egypt. I'm only surprised this hasn't happened sooner.

[bemildred]

5. George W. Bush and his Neocon minions who took down Saddam and left nothing in his place.

And they were told before too, and didn't listen, because they are masters of the universe, they are.

[orange you glad]

6. Obama!

My God, can't you SEE that? Glenn Beck sure can!

[TexasTowelie]

7. K&R