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By Marivel Guzman | Akashma News

Prior to the invasion of Iraq by the United States and their fake-NATO alliance—more accurately described as a cartel of greedy weapons manufacturers—Europe was a great touristic and economic destination. The continent’s cobblestone streets, rich cultural heritage, and strong social democracies attracted millions of global visitors and migrants seeking opportunity, not asylum.

But with the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a domino of destabilization began. What was sold to the world as a campaign for “freedom” and “democracy” quickly unraveled into a geopolitical firestorm. The war fractured not only Iraq but the entire regional balance of the Middle East. Western bombs destroyed more than buildings; they annihilated infrastructure, uprooted populations, and shattered identities. The result was a mass exodus of displaced civilians—first from Iraq, then from Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, and beyond.

Let us not pretend Europe was caught off guard. The same European nations that lament the “migration crisis” were complicit in creating it. France played its part in Libya. The UK cheered the war drums in Iraq. Germany later opened its arms under Merkel’s calculated “Wir schaffen das” (We can manage this) policy—but not without anticipating long-term economic benefits from importing cheap labor, even if that meant social upheaval.

By the mid-2010s, Europe found itself at a crossroads: one path led toward upholding human rights and ethical asylum policy; the other toward xenophobic backlash, right-wing resurgence, and border militarization. Most governments chose both—welcoming refugees publicly while quietly funding militias, erecting walls, and empowering Frontex, the EU’s controversial border agency, now equipped like a paramilitary force.

Meanwhile, the Middle East has become a testing ground for every imperial experiment: drone warfare, regime change, proxy battles, and now, digital surveillance and AI-driven repression. Syria, once a cradle of ancient civilization, lies in ruin. Yemen is bleeding under a Saudi-led coalition, backed by Western arms. Gaza is in open-air incarceration. Lebanon suffers under economic collapse engineered by debt diplomacy and sectarian manipulation. Iraq remains fractured, governed more by militias and oil interests than by sovereignty. Afghanistan has been returned to the stone age, left behind after two decades of occupation.

The result? Europe is not just dealing with a refugee “crisis.” It is dealing with the consequences of its own imperial partnerships, the karmic recoil of colonial arrogance wrapped in neoliberal policy. Now, with increased migration from Sub-Saharan Africa, war-torn Middle Eastern nations, and even Ukraine, Europe is fraying at its seams—socially, politically, and ideologically.

The rise of far-right parties is not merely a reaction to migration—it’s a product of deliberate fearmongering, orchestrated distraction, and the failure of neoliberal elites to address the root causes they helped create. Immigration, in this context, is not a problem. It is a symptom.

And let us be clear: the chaos in the Middle East is not due to an inherent instability of its people or cultures. It is the consequence of sustained foreign interference, petrodollar imperialism, Zionist expansionism, and endless corporate plundering.

Until Europe—and the United States—reckon with the monsters they manufactured, both in weapons labs and in the boardrooms of arms dealers, the flow of refugees will not stop. Nor will the political backlash.

What we’re witnessing is not just a migration crisis. It is a boomerang of empire returning home.


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