If the US & Allies get away to ruin yet another nation, it is time the Members of the UN take a firm stand to exit the UN, for there is little use in a world body that by virtue of its Charter exists to prevent wars & maintain peace, when obviously it cannot do so. What has this world body done about US invasion of over 22 countries in 20 years? UN could not stop close to a million dying in Iraq from sanctions Close to 3000 US citizens died & the entire world is supposed to weep for them but nothing is shed for the close to 40,000 Afghan soldiers, 34000 Afghan civilians, close to 70000 Iraqi soldiers, over 107,000 Iraqi civilians killed when US & Allies invaded & bombed them though all of the 9/11 hijackers were not Iraqi or Afghans. UN Member states have watched continent after continent, country after country being illegally invaded by US & its Allies, these countries have lied, have paid media to lie, have paid human rights organizations to lie, have paid even academics & civil society to lie. UN has become a podium where bogus Acts, Declarations & Resolutions have been passed specifically to invade & destroy nations & people. This must stop. UN Member states must take a stand NOW or the citizens of these countries must demand that their countries exit the UN.

The War On Terror since 2001 has left at least 1.3m dead majority being civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Body Count Report)

According to the Institute for Economics & Peace close to 14,000 terrorist attacks have taken place in 93 countries in 2014 with close to 33,000 civilian casualties.

The United States military has spent more than $5.6 trillion on conflicts since 2001 which is costing the US taxpayer $23,386 and what are they getting out of bombing countries many of them don’t even know where they are on the world map?

Why should the average American care if Gaddafi or Saddam, Assad or any other foreign leader for that matter is oppressing his people? Americans should worry only if anyone was attacking their country & none of the countries that US invaded have threatened the US!

Ironically, only 24 Americans have died in the last decade from some form of terror attack yet over 280,000 Americans have died from gun violence!

America’s illegal invasions have caused the death of 6,251 U.S. troops since 2001, 45,170 U.S. troops have been wounded in war since 2001. The Rand Corporation has estimated that approximately 320,000 service members may have experienced traumatic brain injury during their deployment – that’s almost every personnel deployed. Every day an average 18 veterans die from suicide – why? is it the drugs they are forced to take or the guilt of orders carried out?

https://www.fcnl.org/updates/costs-of-war-by-the-numbers-396

Any war increases taxes, increases debt and reduces spending for other important areas. But who has profited from the wars? According to a 2006 report titled: Executive Excess 2006” since 9/11 the salaries of the CEOs of the leading defense contractors have doubled. From £$3.6 million in 1998 – 2001, to $7.2 million in years 2002 – 2005. 10 companies are profiting from wars. US arms sales soared in 2016 while the 100 biggest arms producers accounted for $375billion in weapons sales in 2016, the US firms accounted for $217billion. To whom have these weapons been sold? 20% goes to US – the 13 biggest buyers are listed here https://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/02/24/countries-buying-the-most-weapons-from-the-us-government/2/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-usa-is-number-one-in-weapons-sales_us_5a32895de4b04bd8793e97dc

The US has admitted to carrying out at least 42 false flag events all of which have led to complete chaos & draconian laws that have affected the freedoms & liberties of peace.

US is accusing other countries of aggression when the US has over 1000 military bases with close to 400,000 military personnel deployed in 120 countries.

Tthere are over 20,000 troops stationed in Korea and not a single North Korean troop in US, when US has killed over 3m Koreans on Korean soil while no American has been killed by a North Korean on American soil. US accuses Iran of aggression but has anyone taken a look at the military bases of US?

US troop deployment

800 in Africa,

97,000 in Asia (excluding the Middle East and Central Asia),

40,258 in South Korea,

40,045 in Japan,

491 at the Diego Garcia Base in the Indian Ocean,

100 in the Philippines, 196 in Singapore,

113 in Thailand,

200 in Australia,

16,601 Afloat

147 Canada

6000 in Middle East excluding Iraq, Qatar & Bahrain

1000 Central Asia

116,000 US military personnel in Europe including 75,603 stationed in Germany. (Global Research)

 

Iraq has been a victim of US since 1991 – 2003, first with Operation Desert Storm supposedly to liberate Kurds and sanctions that led to a million children deaths.

Kuwait (1992), 1998 US & UK troops conducted a 4 day bombing campaign.

African nations of Zaire (1991), Sierra Leone (1992/1997), Congo & Gabon 1997, Sudan 1998,

Bosnia & Herzegovina (1992), Bosnia (1993-95) US NATO enforce no-fly zone following UNSC Resolution 816, in 1994/5 Bosnia was victim of US NATO air attacks, in 1999 Serbia was bombed by US & NATO after UNSC Resolution 1244, from 2003 to 2011 US & Coalition invade Iraq to disarm Iraq on the bogus claim of WMDs

US troops deployed in

• Macedonia 1993/1994
• Haiti 1994 to restore ‘democracy’ and again in 2004 with UN force
• Central African Republic 1996
• Kenya & Tanzania 1998-9
• Liberia 1998
• East Timor 1999-2001 with UN Peace Keepers
• Sierra Leone 2000
• Nigeria 2000
• Yemen 2000/2002 – 2010 to present
• Afghanistan 2001 to present
• Philippines 2002
• Ivory Coast 2002
• Liberia 2003
• Georgia 2003
• Djibouti 2003
• 2004 Kenya, Yemen, Eritrea, Georgia & Djibouti
• 2004 to present Pakistan
• Lebanon 2006
• Somalia 2007 / 2011 US drone strikes / 2013
• Libya 2011 after UNSC Resolution 1973
• Uganda 2011 – US troops sent as ‘advisors’ / 2014 to present US troops sent to search for Joseph Kony
• 2012 Jordan
• 2012 Turkey
• 2012 Chad
• 2014 to present Syria – US troops sent to supposedly save hostage James Foley & claims to fight Al Qaeda, Al Nusra, ISIL in 2017 Tomahawk missiles launched
• 2015 Cameroon – US troops sent to provide ‘intelligence support’

Cambodia in 1997, Cambodia in 2002

How can the UN promote sovereignty or freedoms when these global conquests are all about controlling the world economy, its financial markets & taking over the natural resources & handing over to a handful of private individuals?

46.5 million Americans are living in poverty – 815m worldwide are living in hunger, however 1.3billion tons of food is wasted globally while US wastes 40m tons of food (WHO/FAO)

Less than $30billion per year is needed to end hunger by 2030. However, the world spends $1600billion per year on wars – US spends $737billion per year on military! A study by Georgetown University claims Christianity is worth $1.2trillion in the US alone & if taxed the revenue would be much more than the required $30billion!

US drug companies spend $880m on lobbying the US government & political contributions (Centre for Public Integrity)

$11.7billion was spent on political ads in 2016.

US accounts for 5% of the global population but houses 25% of world’s prisoners. 1 in 13 African Americans are cannot vote as ex-felons are denied right to vote. 1 in 15 black men are behind bars. US taxpayers pay $69b annually to maintain US prison system. (Prison index) It costs 4 times more to maintain a person per year in jail than to send a child to school.

What has the UN done to protect its Members from the aggression of US & Allies? Clearly the UN is a body of biased judgements & resolutions that lead to interference in the internal affairs of sovereign nations & UN bodies & agencies are tasked to facilitate these incursions & invasions.

Non US-Allies must now take a firm stand – how many countries has the US-Coalition destroyed? What is the independence Kosovo enjoys better than they did under Milosevic? How has Sudan prospered? What is the liberty & freedom that  the Iraqis & Libyans have got after killing their ‘dictators’ and all these invasions took place with UN knowledge & UN awareness & even with UN’s nod of approval or silence.

We cannot watch another country fall into peril being bombed and destroyed – Libya was a beautiful country – look what it looks like now. Yugoslavia was a beautiful country but bombed, Syria was a beautiful country and is now the stage of more bombing campaigns and these countries all are part of an ancient historical heritage which has to be protected and these sites have historical value. None of us want to see these ancient sites ruined by a bunch of sadistic individuals who are nicely seated in a/c rooms ordering people to be shot down, bombed, killed or assassinated.

If the UN cannot do anything to honor the Charter that justifies its existence, then the UN must be shut down and Russia & China must lead the exit of the UN by all Third World Countries all of whom are neocolonial victims of Western hegemonic aggression. US is threatening to exit the UN – the Russians, Chinese & Rest of the world should do so first.

 Shenali D Waduge