On July 17, 2014, a
Malaysia Airlines passenger plane MH17 crashed in Ukraine, near Russian border.
There were nearly 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board. Sources believe
that the Plane has been hit by a missile when it was flying at an altitude of
33,000 feet. Ukrainian officials and pro-Russian rebels accuse each other of
this incident.
Indeed this is very sad
event. Sanity extends its condolences to families of people who have lost their
lives in this tragic event. An unbiased immediate inquiry of this incident is
demanded so actual mischiefs be trialed and given due punishment.
It is hard to infer reason
why such cruel action has been taken by any source. The passengers and crew
members were innocent and not a party in any conflict. The first action which many
Airlines have taken after this missile strike is to avoid Airspaces of Ukraine which
will definitely hurt Ukraine’s interest.
The area, in which debris
of victim Plane is found, is under control of pro-Russian rebels which support this
opinion that the missile has been hit by rebels. Alarming things for Sanity is how
a rebel group can own such high precision Air Missiles? This is definitely a threat
to World nations where non-State actors can have such lethal arsenal.
The policy to support
non-State actors by big powers is big threat to World peace. In recent times
this phenomenon is on rise, be it Taliban in Afghanistan, IS-IS in Iraq, Free
Syrian Army in Syria or Ukrainian rebels. The purpose of these rebellions is to
create Civil wars in host countries and eventually debilitate them to extent
where Host countries either split in to small regions or could submit to any external
military adventure.
But remember this policy
of cultivating non State actors is like playing with fire. A name that
instantly comes to mind is Usama Bin Laden. Usama was a tout of CIA and was
catalyst in war against Soviat Union in Afghanistan. But till the war ended,
Usama had gained such power that he was no longer in control of CIA and after
that the wounds Usama gave to American Army and their citizens are all part of
history.
Sanity demands with World
power to respect every Nation’s opinion and avoid redrawing country borders on their
mere wishes and interests.
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