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I am so confused, so much so
that I am agog at the world as we have it today, what has happened that has
caused so many contrasts in behaviour?
We have a US army troop sneaking
out of his barracks late one night, he is armed to the teeth and commits the
most heinous crimes against humanity, actions that beggar belief! What on earth possessed him to do this? Could
it be the Afghan people in general have not seen the ‘American dream’ or any
shift in the power to the people that they expected after their liberation from
the Taliban. No doubt what they have
seen is a corrupt government propped up by the so called American liberators. Where is democracy in all of this, where was
the change for the good? No doubt the
women folk have felt their release from oppression, but how far do they have to
go to get true democracy and not this sham of a puppet government. My suspicion in all of this is that the afghan
people have not shown due respect to the American and probably will not
do this until they get free and fair elections and that they remove those allegedly
corrupt greedy individuals who are running their country..
I am also shocked and horrified,
on one hand we have Syria and its authoritarian government hell bent on staying
in power at all costs, to the point that they have murdered allegedly 8,000 of
their citizens, this is shocking. A
question comes to mind - How is it we have carte blanch to defend Libya with
air strikes, on the ground military guidance, yet we are completely powerless
in the Syria situation? How is it that
Russia and China raised their objections here and vetoed any support or
assistance, yet, they allowed Libya to go ahead? Sorry but I am a cynic, could it be oil in
which case back door deals were done with dissenting nations to ensure their support
for any crucial vote of Libya intervention.
Syria has no oil so no one had any heart to negotiate with a give or
take deal. On behalf of the 8,000 shame
on all of you.
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| What happened to 'love thy neighbour' |
Why after we gave so much to
Libya to support their freedom and democracy aspirations have they turned on us
and desecrated our war graves? The world is a complete muddle to me and continuing
to be. We seem to have learned nothing
from their or indeed our behaviour. The people of this world know that no one helps anybody
without their being something in it for them and we are the most greedy of all,
in short no one cares, what happened to love thy neighbour?
When I was a lad some 40 years
ago someone once said to me that for Capitalism to survive it needed Communism.
Well I am not sure about the ramifications of that statement but you know the
world was a much more balanced place when we had the so called evil empire with
all its partitions. It seemed to me that
no one stepped out of line then and we all enjoyed a reasonable existences and one
that was based on a form of community and not selfish greed.
What we had was an America
that indeed supported nations across the globe for fear that these nations
would fall to the communists. But here again
we had the conflict of manipulation verses friendly support, Indonesia under
Suharto was no doubt kept in place as the west needed the shipping lanes free
from harm around South East Asia. No
doubt the shah of Iran was at one point friendly to the west, until he crossed us. Iraq and Saddam was kept in place
as they balanced the aspirations of Iran.
No doubt people have long memories and when the next empire emerges and
the American subsides will there be fond memories of the so called globalization
goals under the American flag. I suspect
not. The British gave the
English Language, an Infra-structure and the rule of law based on the English judicial
system. America well the best they gave
was McDonald’s, this is perhaps harsh as America is a great innovator and a great deal of technology has emerged from those shore, sadly for America I suspect much of this is being copied.
For me I am a Thatcher child I
guess, I benefited from the greed that was presented to me under the Thatcher
years. But I am somewhat older now and I wonder where this will all lead, I
have to say I am a little concerned because sadly the world does not trust each
other and we have nothing to build that trust on. Right now I feel that the world is a more
dangerous place today than ever it was when there were 100’s of nuclear missiles
trained on Greenham common England, a place I lived only 2 miles from.
Don't get me wrong I am not at all anti American quite the reverse nor am I pro anything other than I would like to see the civil liberties that are enjoyed in one place to be passed to others. I would also like to see a greater sense of community spirit, one that helps and looks out for each other, not this endless greed that we seem to have fostered in an unbridled way. We somehow need balance and trust to be brought back into the equation.
Don't get me wrong I am not at all anti American quite the reverse nor am I pro anything other than I would like to see the civil liberties that are enjoyed in one place to be passed to others. I would also like to see a greater sense of community spirit, one that helps and looks out for each other, not this endless greed that we seem to have fostered in an unbridled way. We somehow need balance and trust to be brought back into the equation.
One thought – It was Dr M of
Malaysia who once said “Globalisation will fail” Well for me it looks really shaky.
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