Dropping bombs on Syria does nothing but threaten to spark another world war

By Letter to the Editor on April 19, 2018.

War is not the solution to the crisis in Syria, but neither is inaction. Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community has rightly stated that the ideal solution would be to stop the funding and arming of extremists that promote regime overthrow. We need to stop pretending that these bombings carried out by the West won’t harm the civilians. When has war ever restored peace? It only leads to more unrest and breeds more war.

Fifteen years after the Iraq invasion, we are now realizing that we were in the wrong. The same thing is happening with Syria and it seems that we haven’t learned anything from the past. It is clear that blocks are being formed between countries and this makes a third world war imminent. In order for there to be international peace, nations must deal with each other with justice. Otherwise, mankind is seemingly at the brink of a nuclear war looming large over the world.

Fasih Malik,

Calgary