[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Conflict pollution the Middle East

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

America’s Devastating Legacy of Endless Wars in the Middle East

By M. Reza Behnam
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
January/February 2021


PRESIDENT-ELECT Joseph Biden has advocated for domestic policies focused on equity, decency, justice and climate change. These noble principles cannot be achieved at home if they are not practiced abroad. If the new administration is serious about establishing America’s moral authority in the world, it must change its behavior in the Middle East—a region that has suffered profoundly as a result of policies that have been devoid of these ethical precepts. 

The Bush administration’s decision after the attacks of 9/11 to use force in Afghanistan, Iraq and in its “war on terror,” has damaged and destabilized a region already struggling with severe political and environmental difficulties. Although America’s endless wars have been a windfall for the Pentagon and weapons manufacturers, the human toll has been enormous.

Less attention, however, has been paid to the devastating impact on the region’s land, air and water caused by the military’s industrialized warfare. Additionally, as the major arms dealer, the U.S. has catalyzed conflict in a volatile part of the world. 


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For the entire article, see
https://www.wrmea.org/2021-january-february/americas-devastating-legacy-of-endless-wars-in-the-middle-east.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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