WHO WE ARE .....

In the last few decades, and more so the last few years, one would be troubled by the thoughts that America in these years was letting go of all opportunities to resume a connection and a continuation with our most grand ideals ; respect for the dignity of the person, and a firm commitment to improve the justice of a society that looks to its own welfare and liberties.

We had our better moments of exemplary acts, internally and externally, manifested in genuine humanitarian help, in just wars, in compassion toward the needy. But unfortunately our unique mix of innocence and arrogance, our Evangelical and white feel of power and superiority have taken the upper hand in all our behavior and dealings with the other.

We constantly keep pretending that our violence is not violence, and claim that our violence is noble, that our conquests are not conquests, we don't even acknowledge our foulest adventures, while we keep pretending they were meant strictly for honest democratization, and helping the empowered. Advocates of the war on terror like always to speak of the presumed enemy as the "bad guy", with no further definition or clarification necessary. Our protests against injustice here at home, does not make us look or even consider the injustices and cruelty our country is doing and implanting abroad.

The poet Blake said ; "Resistance to cruelty and injustice begins with resistance to oneself." We all from presidents to the simplest citizens sin, but believe we can put it all off on Jesus and the divine, and end up blaming the system that did it. Using all types of ruses of philanthropy, enlightenment, conversion, economical pressure and wars. Who are we ?? and what gives us the right to do to others what we condemn ourselves. We destroy others to rebuild their lives according to our rules and visions and interests, or so we claim !!!

We firmly claim that religious wars are a thing of the past, but keep erupting almost full religious slogans leading to nasty possibilities. We continuously advocate the firm commitment of individuals, groups and nations' to their own history, culture and identity, but we constantly act and back up allies to ignore these basic features of human social life. We should learn to define and value who we are, and our real identities and our culture, by coming to know what others value and define us as people. Unfortunately we don't care in most instances, and we're loosing it entirely.

It is said, that good people do not need to believe in God, but most of us nowadays in America cherish divine beliefs, is it some type of keeping down or confining the viciousness of some of our leaders and their blind backers who are not so good. We constitute an amalgam of family, friends, business relations and country, but the love of our country has thus far in our short history, largely signified a love of domination, arrogance and selfish interests. Totally opposed to universal benevolence and compassion.

On a national level, as we wouldn't accept any outside forces to invade, humiliate, steel or destroy our country and harm our people, we should not accept to do the same to other people, and surely we shouldn't accept or allow our presumed allies to do the same. Lincoln once said ;"As I would not want to be a slave, I would not be a master of slaves as well." This constitute real democracy.
                                 As always my many thanks to all my good readers .....     

US AND THEM ......

It was Voltaire who practically coined the quote "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." We are at a point in our planet's life where the quote could be accepted by individual people within a society, even if only partially in most instances, but for sure it is refuted totally by modern political leaders, their oligarchies and machines, dragging their countries and states with them blindly.

Everywhere, from the poorest societies to some of the most advanced industrial and cultured societies, blunt examples of the steady war on free speech, free expression of ideas, free opinions and criticism, with it as well a clear and total erosion of accountability to any false, fake or fabricated news, ideas or even an entire political system of governance. But the hope of us collectively correcting ourselves through some real democratic methods of elections is still available, at least in some parts of the world.

What we need in parallel is to strengthen the same degree of freedom of speech and ideas and fair accountability to countries and states around our shared globe. The same individual principle should be transcended to entire countries, and not having one or more exert forceful pressures and wars, invasions and mass or individual killings and destruction, over differences of perspectives or ideas, or political disputes and divergence. And surely not for hegemony or colonialism and imperialism, be it economical, territorial or religious. I don't see why if Venezuela decides to go socialist, or Iran and Saudi Muslim, the US or Israel should aim at their destruction.

Classically it was the European colonizing half the world, plus their wars among each other, then came the Soviet Union total take-over of practically all its neighboring countries within Europe and Asia, later came Israel with its systematic destruction of everyone of its surrounding people, plus their illegal territorial grabbing of all Palestinian lands and wealth. It was a clear pattern that institutionalized and legitimized the process of hegemony.

For the past 60 or so years it became an American fixed role, with all our numerous very destructive adventures and endless wars to perpetuate this barbaric international situation under many names and headings and false pretenses, the U.S. nowadays is giving the clear signal worldwide that hegemony, invasions and killings and destruction are OK. and subduing other nations, entire populations, cultures and economies is rather the norm than not.

One with some optimism could have hoped that by the 21st century, humanity would have realized the absolute futility of these for ever wars. But G.W.Bush disastrous Iraqi adventure, more of it in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, and Yemen, are all reminders of our continuous will and determination to subdue all and any non conforming entity. North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba and many in Latin America, as previously Vietnam and the cold war, are all but clear reminders to our super-villain attitude and that of our leaders, mostly for personal interests, elections and neocons and war machines affiliated to them. 

The present administration is backed by a base of armed racist, sexist homophobic and xenophobic white conservative, blending end times and rapture beliefs and politics, all protected by a bunch of partisan and selfish GOP members willing to do anything for safeguarding their wealth and positions. The Trump administration of Iraq-war architects and war mongers deliberately established a policy of hostility and antagonism toward Iran, violated the international nuclear agreement, imposed crushing sanctions on Iran's economy and people, and lately assassinated several top military personnel, putting us on a direct confrontational path with all of the Mid-East.

Now that we are on the brink of war, despite the limited responses of all sides, we are all refusing to accept blame or accountability. Mr. Trump rejects the idea that America could be held accountable for its actions, refusing even to recognize the international Criminal Court, embracing blatantly the doctrine of absolute patriotism. Again we are living in a time of dismissive demagoguery, promoting a know-nothing politics of swaggering arrogance and bravado, driven by scorn and spite and stupid smiles.

Our ability to have a respectful disagreement with our opponents, is being torn to shreds in deliberate acts of childish irresponsibility. covered  with very theatrical and pre-staged scenes, for totally other reasons than what appears on the ground. Mr. Trump's claim that he will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon as long as he's president, is cheap Israeli propaganda, he will not call for a nuclear-free zone, covering the entire Middle-East/North Africa, as the Arab league and many Arab states are calling for.

Last week events have made it clearer than ever that Mr. Trump has no Iran strategy, just a bundle of impulses and prejudices, his acts and comments and speeches are so light headed and only serving his personal reelection purposes and a diversion of his actual problems with impeachment and others.
                                           As always, my profound many thanks to all my good readers.                                       

NOT WORTHY OF AMERICA ....

After the announcement today of the cheap assassination of an Iranian general, Suleimani , and an Iraqi second in command of a pro Iran militia, at the Baghdad airport, using some drone, and following a series of politico/military advents in the past few days, behaving like we own that country and any local Iraqi opinion or sense of sovereignty doesn't exist at all , I expect that soon we will witness the total loss of that country as an Allie, they will ask us to leave with our troops and diplomats and special interests, and again Iran will be the biggest winner in the entire region.

When American politics, its might and its foreign policies and diplomacy, are run by little immature kids, who cannot believe or start understanding how they got these delicate and intricate jobs, these high responsibility jobs, or running the most powerful country in the world, these immature people who like to think and call themselves leaders, while they behave themselves as pure amateurs, and second class trainees .

The intentional killing of this Iranian general, no matter what we think of him, or how our official and private propaganda machines describe his acts, it was a foolish, reckless and childish decision and act, even cowardly in its essence. worthy of other third world tit for tat countries, and third world class little politicians, who can only conceptualize their policies around their reelection plans and their images in public opinion poles. Our own entire bunch of high administration officials, strategizing and reacting by assassination, is only inspired by our Idol in chief and our greatest inspiring manipulator Bibi Netanyahu of Zionist Israel.

We are practically declaring war on Iran and all their proxies in the entire area. If we want war at any price , why don't we say so, or declare it openly with enough clear justifications, why are we denying it vehemently?? and playing cheap tricks inviting a sure war against us , our men and women, our interests and world stability. Netanyahu and his Israeli oligarchy will be the biggest beneficiaries from this cheap attack, followed by our own Mr. Trump and his bunch, but surely not America .

It was worthy of Israel to do such a trick, and follow such theatrical tactics, but we all know that when they can not involve American men and women directly in their adventures they run away.... they lick their wounds and keep their mouths shut. They wont hesitate a bit in pushing and involving America in a deadly, costly, with no end, into a very destructive war between us and a fanatic Iranian regime. Even if it means the annihilation of the entire area.

History has shown us time after time, how we, with our own forces did their adventures and for their sake, and their selfish tactics and political greed. But now we combine it all with our own political and electoral self serving interests, while Netanyahu is combating for his political survival , our Mr. Trump and family and oligarchy are in full electoral fervor, battling for their reelection and survivability.

We are adding to world greed and selfishness, our own election tactics and dirty politics and political survivability , even if we sacrifice few thousands of our good men and women in service, plus few trillions of Dollars added to our national dept, and who cares who will pay it all in the future. This is almost described as an intentional criminal act toward the entire country and its population, This is not wise or well planned foreign policy at all.

Again we are behaving like pretentious little kids, greedy and foolish, and not like responsible first nations. Let the other presumably allies of ours take responsibility for their own actions, tactics and hegemony. Be them Israel, Turkey or Saudi, or even theocratic Iran, and let's regain sanity and self composure, our respectability world wide, our dignity as a country means more than the reelection of Bibi or Donald and their bunch of stampers. We surely deserve better than these immature bunches of adventurist and greedy pseudo politicians.
               My usual many thanks to all, wishing you a hopefully safe and prosperous year ....