Although I’m aging, I still hold onto memories from the past…a time filled with monsters.
Dictators such as Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi, Idi Amin, and Adolf Hitler – they either took their own lives, succumbed to strokes, were hanged, or passed away peacefully in their beds…only one faced trial and was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
This highlights our lax attitude towards holding dictators accountable and meting out punishment.
Currently, Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin are leaders who, if they do not change their ways, could find themselves associated with the monsters of yesteryear. They may be held responsible for the deaths of countless children and parents…who were killed by bombs in their homes.
Dictators are often fueled by a desire for wealth and power. In the Arab world, the riches from oil, combined with an insatiable thirst for power, have led them to accept the horrific reality of death and destruction in the Middle East.
Here’s a potential prediction – if ISIS persists as a terrorist organization:
- Syria and Iraq may vanish, with their history and heritage lost forever.
- ISIS could consume these nations and advance toward the Israeli border.
- Turkey and Iran, and possibly Saudi Arabia, might emerge as the dominant powers of the Middle East.
These countries currently possess the military strength to eradicate ISIS and, if they united, could foster peace throughout the region. However, remember that GREED, wealth, and power remain the ultimate objectives for each of them. The loss of lives, the victimization of women, and the trafficking of children are not their priorities.
I firmly believe that ISIS will eventually be defeated – but if they are allowed to persist, what comes next…a conflict between ISIS and Israel?
In the future, Putin and al-Assad could be held accountable and possibly tried for the horrific acts committed – but the responsibility should also fall on all who stood by and allowed this period in history to erupt into terror.
by
Professor P.T. Brown
