The world is undergoing a whiplash ... From the New redline to Iran, the stern warning to China, the banning of whole populations from six majority Muslim countries from entering the United States, threatening to send in Federal troops to our Mexican boarders, the City of Chicago, refusing to honor an agreement in good faith with Australia brokered by the Obama administration, etc the new Trump administration has managed to make our world unrecognizable. In just about ten days of assuming the Presidency, Donald J. Trump has managed to scare the daylights out of all of us. He paints a gloomy portrait of gloom and doom, and some more doom around the edges to keep us all wondering. Even world leaders are confused as to how to tamper him or confront him. The world is such a dangerous place, I would concede but this is why we elect governments to bear this burden for us. We expect them to do something about the threat and keep us safe. In doing so, and even if the dangers are as damning as this new regime seems too eager to remind us, most Americans will be well served if the gory details are not so bantered all over our head, everyday.
From a distance it seems that most of these dangers are being trumped up. The United States have enjoyed prolonged peacetime with our neighbors from the Southern boarders forever and this digital editor is wondering what happened in this past ten days that we are now being told the Mexicans are such enemies of our State. The levity and insults to the Mexican and Australian Presidents played out on Twitter is nauseating. Can someone please remind Mr. President that these are heads of sovereign nations and not employees at the Trump Towers. The world has become a global village and we are interdependent on each other for our security and survival. During the Iraq wars, the Australians spilled the blood of their citizens fighting along side U.S soldiers. The Mexican government has lost so much personnel fighting drug barons from overrunning the U.S boarders with illicit drugs. We also depend on foreign intelligence Agencies to help us thwart threats. In an atmosphere where we have attracted too many enemies because of our wide footprint around the globe, the last thing we need is a Macho mentality. Very soon, it would be expedient for another world leader to call Mr. Trumps bluffs and we would be on a downward spiral to escalation, or Wars.Just because the dog barks loudest at night does not mean that the other animals do not fear the dangers that lurk in the dark. Sometimes you might attract the danger to your turf by being the one that screams.
The other danger for this regime is that if we are always on the fray and fear of danger, we will soon become desensitized and may be unable to react in real times when confronted with real and actual dangers. What about the lost of Trust in our governmental institutions when they actually tell us about real and present dangers. We may dismiss these as hype. In such a short time, this government has been caught with lies and exaggerations that it will boomerang sooner or later. The sovereignty and pride of other nations will not let them be beaten up by this President for long. Sometimes men will choose to die in dignity than to live in fear. Enough with the insult of other world leaders already. Even the least of nations deserve respect. A bully will soon have no friends and nobody to defend him someday when another bully decides to confront him. To threaten to rip up the nuclear deal negotiated with Iran by six global powers is an insult to those allies. Independent reports is that Iran continues to comply with terms of the agreement which does not cover conventional weaponry. If we overstretch ourselves, our ego and our independence, the other nations will deem it in their interests to ally with each other against us., Trumpeting world dangers plays into the hands of our enemies and detractors; To exaggerate those dangers is to do their work for them.
Charles Abiahu Esq.
(Digital Editor)
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