Abstract
The pure soul of mankind aspires to a complete and a real peace, yet human thoughts and purposes are different and complicated. Hence, peace does not exist in reality and it is only a diplomatic tool to implement a number of tangible or intangible tasks of superpowers and their allies. Economic, social, political and psychological sciences as well as history tell us that Canada will not be able to maintain its role as a peacekeeper in world affairs.
In one hand, the Latin expression "if you want peace, prepare for war" is also one of never-ending –statements that made us read the unconscious minds of politicians, strategists and analysts. On the other hand, our thought-experiment and perception as well as asset of logic positivism, scientific methods, statistical hypothesis testing give us adductive, reductive and inductive reasoning to inquiry and infer that the peace is a fictional story or a word of right intended to be a wrong.
Spectators can differ among the good and bad because most of the media are biased, monopolized and unilateral. It cheated the audience once, but it cannot continue to mislead the public. In addition, Media is stubborn like a donkey, it continues to provide false information, provoke citizens of the world and distribute both cultures of hate and disputes.
Keywords: assassination, Canada, CIDA, Hamas, Lester B. Pearson, Mishal, Mossad, NATO, Norman Herbert, Suez crisis, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, peacemaking, United Nations
Peacekeeping, peace process, peace building and peacemaking became a fashion of recent era and the political mask to escape from reality and to harm other nations. So peacekeeping is on the road of humiliation.
Despite the fact that we take account of a huge number of international, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations and establishments, we neither notice any solutions for any disputes that appear in the world stage nor build any successful foreign policy. Among the reasons of this failure are confrontations and paradoxes of mankind and the intervention of the Unites States of America in making decisions and implementing the resolutions of the United Nations. Superpowers are the main player of conflicts.
They fight to widen their powers, monopolize the resources of wealth as well as extend their trade and military markets of legal and illegal transactions.
Since neither policy nor economy is fixed we see strategic changes in international relations. For example, the Middle East policy conundrum toward Palestine’s, Iraq’s, and Afghanistan’s issues. We observe divergences on peace processes on the one hand, and on the other hand, we detect the interventions of superpowers in sovereignties of other states, which harm their domestic policies, and results in new conflicts.
As a result, we see discourteous actions of some countries due to the international treaties and laws; for instance, either by Israeli and former Iraqi regimes or by the United States of America. U.S. biases toward Israel in its wars where it supports Israel by sending landmines and cluster bombs or by using the veto against any resolution of the United Nations, which condemns Israel of its occupation of Palestine, Golan Height, Jordanian and Egyptian lands. Even though it
committed crimes against humanity and crimes of war in Egypt in 1956, 1967 and 1973, Palestine in 1948-2009, Lebanon in 1982-2006, and Jordan in 1967, 1973.Many authors and leaders have their individual endeavors. Some of them stand by peace like Lloyd Axworthy, a prominent Canadian politician, scientist, and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996-2000). He wrote in his book entitled ‘‘Navigating a New World: Canada's Global Future’’, he wants Canada to return to internationalism.
He also wishes for Canada to have a presence in the world and to influence the international community, to follow a policy of liberalism. Axworthy has added that vocational training should be more emphasized and Canada should understand its part of a geographical location, but at the same time have an independent foreign policy. He also asserted that Ottawa Public Service must reduce bureaucratic inertia, the United Nations must be reorganized in order to be more efficient. He also believed that two points should be respected and accomplished, the Kyoto Agreement and disarmament. Finally, he asserted that Canada should streamline its operation and present an example to the world (Axworthy, L., 2004).
Lloyd Axworthy’s ideology is an ideal rational process. Yet it is criticized for its opposition of common practice of Canada’s foreign policy, and of disputed countries as well as their supporters.
There are many references that give us a chance to realize what is going on in North and South Korea (CBC News-World, 2009). It is a repeat of occurrences of sixty years ago. North
Korea as a nation was set up by the Soviet Union in the late forties. The North wanted to encroach on the south. This invasion of South Korea started the Korean War with America and the United Nations fighting the Soviet Union and China. After seven years of conflict and lengthy peace conference, the war ended but the reasons for the struggle were never solved. So the battles continue with no real peace evident. Both sides want peace but efforts to attain peace is frustrated by the elements, which make up the human psyche.
The missile tests prevent real peace. Peace can only be achieved in the distant future because of the ideological conflict between Communism and Imperialism. America supports South Korea and harms the North Korea by its immoral tools of policy characterized by sanctions, embargos and war media. North Korea also suffers social, economic, political and environmental problems. Even though America deteriorates peace in Asia, it declares false peace solutions. Such as Hillary’s Clinton appeal to bring the two Koreas together in an objective which meant peace and unity for both of the Korean States (Guy, J.J., 2001, Ruypers, J. et al., 2005 & CBC News-World, 2009).
Even though the U.S. spools of peaceful ideas of idealism, it built and continues to build military bases in many countries like Colombia, Poland, Czech Republic, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East, South Korea, Japan, the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, and Africa.
Owning to the political geography and geopolitics and international relations amongst Canada, America and the allies, Canada has an obligation to participate in acting against the international terrorism, the hidden dispute in Afghanistan.
Canada also launched its social, ideological, economic and political programs to support Afghanistan via Canadian International Development Agency [CIDA]. CIDA works to help Afghanistan recover from decades of domestic and foreign wars, which were held since the cold war, when American administration and its international advocators selected Afghanistan to be a pasture for wars to face their enemy, the former Soviet Union.
CIDA helps Afghanistan to mold its political, social and economic systems, as well as transitioning to democracy (new constitution, democratic elections and school enrollment of more than one million girls), development of a new-voter registration program, funding of literacy programs, funding of a women’s center to promote gender equality and provide leadership training, rebuilding of the country’s irrigation network and agricultural system, removal of landmines, funding a ‘’micro-financing’’ program that provides credits and loans to individuals to start up small businesses, and to fight against drought, and famine (Guy, J.J., 2001, Axworthy, L., 2004, Ruypers, J. et al., 2005 & Norris,Wm P R (Rob), 2009).
If we look to the issues that CIDA declared to support Kabul’s government, and study and analyze the current economic, social, political and security situations of Afghanistan, we can certify that neither Canada nor Afghanistan are in good shape. Canadians suffer from poverty, unemployment, homelessness, sorrows due to CIDA, Foreign Affairs, and National Defense decisions to transfer their budget, equipment, tools and soldiers to Afghanistan.
Canada exploits aids tied, which harm some countries, and Canada became to many countries a warrior country. So aid tied has advantages and disadvantages. One of the cons of it is if a country is in a critical economic and humanitarian situation due to environmental catastrophes; for example famine, drought, flood, or under aggressive occupation; for instance, the Palestinian issue. In these circumstances the donor country put many barriers or conditions towards the aid.
The pros of aid tied are when it is used against countries lead by dictators who work against mankind. For example, South Africa’s regime and recent and former regime of Israel due to its occupation, genocide, ethical cleansing and apartheid.
The second Canadian author and journalist is Mr. Cohen who wrote the book entitled “Lester B. Pearson Extraordinary Canadian’’. He asserted that Pearson oversaw the revamping through the introduction of Medicare, pension plan, Bilingualism, Biculturalism, Auto Pact and the Maple leaf Flag. He played a vital role in the creation of NATO and the United Nations, later serving as a president of its General Assembly. In 1957, Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his handling in the Suez crisis (Cohen, A. et al., 2008).
In contrast to Andrew’s Cohen view, Cohen does not criticize the decisions of Lester B. Pearson about nuclear tipped missiles in Canada installed and controlled by the United Sates of America. This point is evidence on the subjugation of Canada’s State.
Lester B. Pearson laid the groundwork for the creation of the state of Israel in 1947. During the crisis of 1956, when the United Kingdom, France and “Israel” attacked Egypt, Pearson proposed and sponsored the resolution, which created the United Nations Emergency Force to police that area aiming to protect the new Zionist State (Bowen, R.W., 1984, Axworthy, L., 2004, Cohen, A.
et al., 2008 & Norris, Wm P R (Rob), 2009). These are the reasons that Andrew Cohen supported Pearson. Hence, I believe the Nobel Peace Prize is not an honor, but it is a bribe, which is given for politicians like Lester B. Pearson, President Obama and the Zionist leader Menachem Begin. This point also is a testimony on imitative roles of some leaders of states as well as the international governmental and non-governmental organizations and establishments. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, said Pearson was a “ defrocked priest of peace” because of this policy.
Hence, it is clear to see the roles and interests of political actors, sub-actors and shadows and their attempts to change the international public opinion in order to achieve certain plain or hidden goals for their ethnic groups and to show their loyalty only to their collections.
In addition, the names of Norman Herbert, General Douglas MacArthur and Lester B. Pearson, and the locations where they worked (United Nations, Japan, Egypt, Canada and Unites States), positions that they held as well as the war circumstances like the Suez Crisis. Likewise, the accusations of the Ambassador Norman Herbert of espionage for Soviet Union and his suicide in Cairo on April 4, 1957, tell as that both Canadian politicians are guilty (Bowen, R. W., 1984).
Norman Herbert took his life because he was not only concerned that the Communist allegations could jeopardize the negotiations during the Suez Crisis but also to envelop his previous suspicious missions in the world and finally in Egypt, when he provided the negotiations with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. So, I perceive, that both the guiltiness of his illegal tasks and the experienced pressures of the American and Egyptian Intelligence Agencies on him pushed him to commit a suicide.
Another example of political evidence of the deterioration the slogans of peace and social prosperity is the current situation of Canadian education, immigration and health systems. Not only are Canada’s Foreign Affairs and Immigration penetrated by international intelligence agencies, but the interior affairs and other departments of states like Foreign Affairs Canada has been tried several times to withdraw Palestinians, who settle Lebanon in order to drop their rights to return to Palestine (McGeough, P., 2009).
The practices and the continuing breaches of Canadian sovereignty occur through frequent use of Canadian passports to cover the activities of Mossad, the terrorist intelligence organization of the Zionist entity. On September 25, 1997, Khalid Mashal, the Palestinian leader was the target of an assassination attempt carried out by the Israeli Mossad under orders from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet. At the time of the assassination attempt Mashal was considered Hamas' Jordanian branch chief.
Two Mossad agents carrying Canadian passports entered Jordan, where Mashal was living. As Mashal walked into his office, one of the agents came up from behind and held a device to Mashal's left ear that transmitted a lethal nerve toxin. After a chase by one of Mashal's bodyguards, Jordanian authorities arrested the two Mossad agents (McGeough, P., 2009).
Clay Beattie with Michael S. Baxendale (2007), in their book entitled “The Bulletproof Flag: Canadian Peacekeeping Forces and the War in Cyprus.” is an example of the Canadian effort in peacekeeping and the rules of peacekeeping power during the conflict in Cyprus. The book also identified fine points, such as founding the Second United Nations Emergency Forces [UNEF II], 1973, Coup D'état, July 15-19, 1974, Turkish intervention, July, 20th, 1974, Encounter with General Ersin, July 26th, 1974, Security Council Resolution 353 of July 20, 1974, Tripartite negations (Turkey, UK and Northern Ireland, July, 25-30, 1974), the Turks launch Phase II of a peace plan. On August 14, 1974. The peace conference in Geneva was unsuccessful due to the fact a war resurrected days after (Clay, B. et al., 2007).
In opposition to the idea cited above, in nowadays, Canadian peacekeepers face many moral, organizational, economic and political obstacles among the following:
1. Security jeopardy: During the war in the Balkans, they became frequent targets of sniper gunfire when they took control at Sarajevo to ensure delivery of civilian relief supplies. During that time the chaos reigned elsewhere. Canadian Major- General Lewis MacKenzie negotiated ceasefire with military leaders on all sides, however they were soon broken (Patriquin, M., 2009 & Walsh, M., 2009).
2. Organizational dilemma: Lewis Mackenzie during the war in former Yugoslavia criticized both the UN and Canada for providing inadequate funding, troops and supplies (Farnsworth, C.H., 1994, Hatch, M., 2009, Patriquin, M. 2009, Reuters News, 2009 & Walsh, M., 2009).
3. Moral crisis: They can be part of corruption e.g. some soldiers participate in immoral activities such as selling humanitarian relief, or they can be involved in prostitution, or espionage for one of the fronts’ conflicts, or in human organ trade. In the spring of 1993, Canadian peacekeeping faced a crisis in Somalia when members of the elite Airborne Regiment had killed the 16-year-old Somali boy, Shidane Arone. Investigators uncovered videotapes showing renegade Canadian soldiers performing sadistic acts of torture (Farnsworth, C.H., 1994, Reuters News, 2009 & Walsh, M., 2009).
Canadian governments also faced problems with its citizens, because they do not want to withdraw the Canadian soldiers from Afghanistan where around 120 soldiers were killed. Canadian governments also stand by leaders who have committed multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes in Palestine (Gaza) and in Lebanon. So Canada and Canadians have a dishonest legacy and their proud image of peacekeeping has been tarnished (Farnsworth, C.H., 1994, Hatch, M., 1997, Reuters News, 2009 & Sloan, S.R. 2002).
Leaders of the world are not serious or interested in solving the conflicts. They support the aggressors and harm victims of wars. They became media personalities. They organize summits and conferences in order to relax on the one hand, and on the other hand, to promote their own militaries, assets, and properties. They eat, meet, talk and dance over the flesh and spirit of killed people and victims. As an example, the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy was treated with his girlfriend Carla Bruni, for personal interest only when pervious crimes against humanity committed against the Palestinians.
Leaders also are slaves of their desires, likewise pressure and lobby groups with the aim of a narrow, primitive and aggressive manners. Superpowers and industrial countries are in a military race and they sell conventional weapons for worlds’ militants and rebels. They also sell high military technology for developing countries, which aggravates their economic, social and political situations (MacQuarrie, D., 2009).
The economic situation in development countries is at a grave level too. Symptoms of it appear in the form of recession represented with unemployment, poverty, and mental diseases. These factors influence the governments in making decisions to continue investing in the peace process, which does not exist on the earth.
The publics’ opinions have already achieved the greatest level of wakefulness, therefore it is hard to provide or let them cling to artificial traditions of policies. Treaties and convents of peace and international laws are disrespected by superpowers as well as by other states. The establishment of pacts and allies is also an indicator of disputes.
Military and non-military tactics and strategies of western countries provoke and perpetuate global conflicts.
In addition, diplomacy that Canada delivers to the world costs a great deal and the output is lower than the funds invested. These clear and hidden factors have already divided the Canadian political parties. Some of them want to separate from the alliance with the United States and the others want to be a puppet of it. Economic, moral, political scandals of peacekeeping are also one of major causes to withdraw from the peacekeeping.
In conclusion analyzing Canada’s foreign policy, which have been given by experts of academic institutions like official policy, pragmatic idealism, trade as key and puppet and counterweight, I can effortlessly certify that Canada will not be able to maintain its role as a peacekeeper in world affairs.
My recommendation to Canadian politicians is to concentrate on domestic peace and security, which is fragile. They should create agile and better tools and equipment to enhance its domestic social, economic and political conditions, which contain a lot of discomfort, and hindrance. I advise them also to stop advertising fictional programs of prosperity.
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