True Humanitarianism
by Ching-Chee Chan, Ph.D.
Egret Publishing Inc.
August 1999.
Ethnic cleansing was used as an excuse to attack Yugoslavia. After
the bombing on March 24, 1999, the ethnic cleansing really started
in Kosovo. Bombing from an altitude of thirty thousand feet, it was
a certainty to kill many innocent victims while police in civilized
countries are instructed not to open fire in a crowded street.
Bombing power stations stopped the operation of cold storage and
water purification. This was war on civilians. Bombing TV stations
was justified by the excuse that they were churning out propaganda
while north American media demonizing the Serbs, failing to
mention the true colour of KLA. While the bombs were raining
down on Yugoslavia, NATO leaders talked about humanitarianism,
human rights, the right to free speech and democracy. A corrupt
politician attempted to redefine "aggression." Just look at whose
armed forces cross national borders. It was not about territories nor
about wealth but it was about domination. The desire to dominate
others will lead to conflict, murder and war whether it is among
high school students or among nations. If the rules applied to
Yugoslavia were applied to Canada, Canada would be torn to
pieces. The role of the federal government in NATO action against
Yugoslavia has been very divisive in Canada. What is done is done.
What is going to happen? Many countries are devoting more
resources to weapon research, purchase or manufacturing. Better
weapons make sure of victory and victors are immune from
prosecution of war crime. If more of the economic surplus of the
world is directed to war, there will have very little wealth left for
the most important, the war between us, mankind, and the
pathogens. It is dangerous to let appalling living conditions in
Yugoslavia and Iraq to continue.
There are evidences indicating that a new strain of a pathogen,
created in 1960, is attacking humans now, leading to the appearance
of new diseases and the increases of incidences of old diseases,
ranging from AIDS, ALS, asthma, diabetes to Parkinson's disease.
Countries with poor living conditions will act like a gigantic cultural
media for pathogens which are going to spread to other parts of the
world. Power-hungry politicians, who want Yugoslavia to fulfill
certain conditions before reconstruction and Iraq before lifting
sanction, do not know what they are doing.
Further reading: "The real winners of our participation in NATO's
war" by Sinclair Stevens, The Toronto Star Thursday, July 16, 1999
A21.