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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Thu Apr 21 2011 - 14:40:21 EDT
Playing with Fire under the Rubric of NGOs
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A rogue at home with disorderliness is by no means in a position to take
advantage of peace and security. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to see
the rogues foment conflicts and uprisings through sustaining indigence and
managing crisis. It is an undeniable fact that the main cause of popular
uprisings that have transpired in a number of North African countries and
the Middle East emanate from internal state of affairs-the privation and
hardships of peoples. Nevertheless, handful minority groups that have
monopolized global resources and dwarfed billions are primarily responsible
for the adversities. At a time when all nations are seeking the termination
of the era of hegemony and a new world order standing against brazen
exploitation, these minority groups are yet on dangerous ground to secure
the wherewithal of their domination. The notion is to play on peoples'
privation and problems they created so as to protect their monopoly through
stirring up and igniting conflicts, as well as managing the subsequent
crisis.
As the classified documents that leaked via different channels affirm,
although actors which have been actively engaged in sponsoring, organizing
and training to this effect are above all non-governmental organizations
operating in the name of charitable agencies, human rights groups and
research centers, the budget required to carry out their tasks is directly
earmarked by governmental treasuries. An American non-governmental
organization, so-called National Endowment for Democracy, has, for instance,
been on a mission with an annual budget of $100 billion from the US Congress
to incite turmoil in the Middle East. Those classified documents further
revealed that State Department-sponsored International Republican Institute,
National Democratic Institute, and Freedom House all allegedly
non-governmental associations, and Project on Middle East Democracy, a
Washington-based team supposedly established to conduct studies and
researches, are some of the parastatals that largely embarked on financing
the popular uprising in North Africa and the Middle East, as well as
training the trailblazers through putting in place information technology.
Intellectuals and researchers interested in global development and
prosperity have since long been elucidating that the fundamental objective
of non-governmental organizations is but to incur retrograde civilization
and poverty of other nations with a view to safeguarding exploitation and
monopoly. In light of this fact, European and US non-governmental
organizations that arrived in developing countries with the mission of
"charity" were termed "messengers of neo-colonialism". Indeed, if activities
these organizations carried out over the past five decades were to be
appraised objectively, the major goal would become public that it is
tantamount to creating a breeding ground for monopoly and exploitation
through hindering the progress of nations.
Those NGOs that are well-established by manipulating the naiveties of
governments and peoples of many developing nations have in the long run
managed to eventually emerged despots, thereby chastising the
resourcefulness and responsibilities of governments. The handful interest
groups in the US or other states, while officially upholding the governments
at helm, are on the sly rallying protests by way of NGOs in order for a
dumbfounding environment to prevail through fostering crisis. This play of
skating on thin ice, however, will no doubt have them engulfed.
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"Fool Me Once Shame on Me, Fool Me Twice Shame on You"
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Peoples and nations have sovereign rights and responsibilities to resolve
respective matters on their own. External interference can not be a
substitute for domestic solutions other than creating complications that sow
the seeds for vicious circle. In the days leading up to the rush of some
parties to intervene in internal state of affairs of Libya, the Government
of Eritrea, arising from its longstanding firm stance on a number of
regional and international matters, had already cast light on the illegality
of the action and its aftermath. As such, the reckless action taken on
impulse, beyond exacerbating the complications, has created chaos that
further prolongs miseries of the people.
The UN, Arab League, OAU, NATO, as well as France-a country which was
nudging the spurs to launch war-are now compelled to do an about-face taking
into account that military action can not resolve Libya's internal problem.
However, such a reality is not strangely coming to light. The international
community has time and again committed same excesses. Needless to say,
military interventions imposed on Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, the Balkan
states and so on have but culminated in appalling massacres and mayhem. At a
time when there exist substantive experience and facts to weigh against, why
are excesses being committed repeatedly, fulfilling the adage, "fool me once
shame on me, fool me twice shame on you"? Cognizant that prescribed remedies
are of no benefit, is it not an infringement to make nations ground zero of
unrest? Instead of trying to resolve problems genuinely and playing a
constructive political and diplomatic role, on what grounds could
interference in internal affairs of nations to foment and obfuscate
conflicts through the use of force be justified? What is the real agenda
behind such interventions? These are logical questions the international
community need to contemplate with composure.
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