Migrant crisis and Euro tensions threaten to trigger catastrophic conflict claim experts
RISING tensions between central and east European countries over the escalating migrant crisis could be the spark for a catastrophic WORLD WAR, experts warned today.
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Both
the Hungarian and Italian prime ministers have spoken of huge dangers
of unchecked floods of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East which
have set previously peacable EU nations against each other.
The
scenario - especially the one currently being played out in Serbia and
Hungary - is hauntingly similar to that which triggered the First World
War.
The problem has manifesting itself in
central Europe where Hungary is besieged by growing numbers of refugees
passing through from Serbia and Croatia, forcing its government to build
fences to stem the influx.
Hungarian prime
minister Viktor Orbán warned European life and its established laws were
under threat from huge numbers of people heading through the continent
from war-torn states in the Middle East.
In a
defence against criticism of the aggressive stance against refugees
taken by the country , he said yesterday: "Our borders are in danger.
Our way of life where we respect the law is in danger.
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"The whole of Hungary and Europe is in danger.
"The migrants are blitzing us."
Hungary
and Serbia have constantly been at each others' throats over the issue,
with Budapest urging its non-EU neighbours to do more to help tackle
the growing neighbours migrants.
It is now sending troops armed with rubber bullets and tear gas to the border with Serbia to protect the country's frontier.
Pinter
Bence, a Hungarian political journalist for the mandiner.hu website
said the situation with growing tensions between nations was reminiscent
of the international scenario from just over 100 years ago.
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Terrorism, energised by a fanatical belief in God, aims to start a third world war in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa
He said: "This is
how the eve of the First World War could have looked like: complete
hesitancy, the termination of the usual channels of diplomacy, the lack
of solidarity, pressure to take a step and the countries issuing threats
to each other are all reminding us of that. It definitely doesn't look
like a cooperating Europe.
"Mr Orban is right in
stating that it would only worth to talk about quotas if we can control
the registration of the migrants coming to Europe. And so far no
country has any idea how to do that.
"That's what the Hungarian Government has done, though it risks projecting an image of inhumanity."
He said reports of a Croatian train filled with 1,000 migrants illegally entering Hungary last week, could easily be the sort of act that escalates the currently fraught situation.
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Politicians in Budapest described the train's unannounced arrival as a "major, major incident".
Mr
Pinter said: "What did the Croatian government think when they sent a
train with 40 fully armed police officers on it, crossing the border at a
red signal? In the worse cases an affair like this can lead to an
outbreak of a war."
The escalating situation on the continent has also drawn interest across the Atlantic Ocean.
Like
Mr Pinter, Gerald Celente, who is a trend forecaster in the United
States, said the current crisis draws huge parallels with a previous
global conflict - in this case the Second World War.
He blames America's attacks on Libya, Iraq and most recently Syria, for bringing "refugees of war" to Europe.
Mr
Celente said this is going hand in hand with trade wars, with China
devaluing its currency to gain a global advantage, similar to what
happened prior to the Second World War.
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Considering
the current situation in Syria, where America is bombing president
Bashar al-Assad's regime while Vladimir Putin's Russia is defending him
by attacking ISIS, his warnings are all too clear.
He said: "We're on the march to war. History is repeating itself.
"It's a repeat of the 1930s. The crash of 1929, the Great Depression, currency wars, trade wars, world war.
"We've
got the panic of '08, the Great Recession, currency wars, trade wars
and now we're seeing the refugees of war sweeping on the shores of
Europe."
He said another big terror attack on
society will see an emotional outpouring across the Western world that
will then transform into a catastrophic thirst for revenge.
Mr
Celente said: "They are leading us to the next great war. All it is
going to take is a terror attack and people will be tying yellow ribbons
around everything that doesn't move, waving American flags and we're
off to what Einstein called the whole war scenario."
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US economist Dr Paul Craig Roberts, who served in the Reagan administration, is another who predicts doom on the horizon.
He spoke at an Occupy Peace event organised by Mr Celente at the weekend about rising tensions.
Dr
Roberts remarked on the impact of a nuclear war under the currently
tense climate, if countries such as Russia and China are involved.
He said the effects would be devastating, as there would be a "first-strike, pre-emptive force".
He added: "Armageddon could be at hand.
"This is chilling. People should be scared to death."
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Running alongside the rising tension between global superpowers is the threat emanating from Islamic State.
Just
weeks ago Italian prime minister Sergio Mattarella said the seeds of a
major conflict were being planted across the region, with
religious-based terrorism at the root of it.
Speaking
at a meeting of world leaders in Rimini, he said: "Terrorism, energised
by a fanatical belief in God, aims to start a third world war in the
Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa. Our duty is to stop it.
"It
is our responsibility to defuse the threat, because peace in the world
will depend on the ability of the monotheistic religions to talk with
each other and to understand each other."
He called for "intelligence" in dealing with migration to help tackle radicalism.
But
he also called for refugees to be welcomed in Europe, which is at odds
with many across continent, who fear ISIS is looking to exploit the
migrant crisis by sneaking jihadis into Europe with them.
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