This new century was supposed to be one of peace and prosperity and instead has recycled back to the mid half of the last century some 50 – 60 years ago.
And I vividly recall those troubling days:
Communism was our common foe, the USSR was act its pinnacle of power and Red China was considered a most sinister albeit sleeping giant.
The World had undergone several hot wars, WW I and WW II as well as Korea and was then entangled in Vietnam, the latter, a product of the Cold War with Russia.
Nuclear War was a constant threat back then but as the Century progressed that concern declined in the lead up to the end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the accompanying disintegration of the USSR.
China began to awaken and in so doing, jettisoned radical socialism in favour of capitalism while retaining its totalitarian way of governing. The hope though was that as consumer goods became available to them – things like cars, homes and money in the bank, totalitarianism too would gradually fade into history.
Boy were we wrong.
Flash ahead to today and Russia is on the move again trying to reinvent their Socialist Soviet Republic. Its former satellite states sit ripe for the plucking.
All the while, the little guy in the White House sits idly by offering nothing but a bewildered look on his face and all the while professing it is “not my fault”. I have never in my life come across a person who could so readily find someone other than himself to blame. (Have to wonder if he does that at home with Michelle?)
In a matter of a few short years, China will be the world’s largest economy replacing the once almighty US of A. To make matters worse, China has now positioned itself as America’s banker and is using its new found profits to dramatically expand its military. Her neighbours shutter.
This is occurring while Chinese authorities ruthlessly crush protest throughout the country and are now engaged in a stare down with Democracy Advocates in Hong Kong.
And yet things are not as bad as they were back then… they are far worse.
The Middle East is on fire. Terrorists there and throughout many parts of Africa are butchering and raping at will while the supposed civilized world stands idly by awaiting a most reluctant America to come to the rescue.
The little guy tries to screw up the courage to do something while avoiding the fact that had he acted sooner … drawing real red lines in the sand in Syria and retaining troops in Iraq, the chaos the Middle East could have been avoided.
What a mess.
But dear reader, I have avoided the real danger issue and that is with respect to a Nuclear Iran.
Iran for all intents and purposes now has the bomb and is working diligently on perfecting its delivery. Moreover, it is on record as saying its goal is to entirely eradicate Israel and with these bombs, the small State of Israel could be vaporized in a matter of minutes.
All hell would then break lose with the likelihood of war too catastrophic to imagine.
The US is currently engaged in negotiations with Iran in regard to seeing its nuclear program limited but as things look now, these negotiations are likely to end in failure with no adverse repercussions for Iran.
Our only hope is that Israel acts unilaterally to set back Iran’s program (i.e. bomb their sites) to give the west more time to get it right.
As I said, things have never looked so bleak and yet many in the West continue to advise against getting involved.
It is to cry … or to laugh.
Where are the Winston Churchills and the FDRs when you need them?
As I see it …
‘K.D. Galagher’
