Putin is hosting the emerging world's leaders at a BRICS summit. The US election is also going his way. There is little evidence of Western planning for these looming disasters
Absolutely true – and quite sobering. As the Swiss saying goes "Nur die dümmstenKälber wählen ihre Schlächter selber" loosely, and without the nice rhyme in German translated into 'Only the dummest calves choose their own butchers. Voting trump back into the White House would have exactly the international repercussions you have pointed out. And then some. Think about ending the fight against climate change etc., etc.
So the rest of the world helplessly has to stand by hoping that the American electorate will not behave like the proverbial dummest calves...
Sadly all too true. As others have said, take Trump at face value and believe what he says.
As for all those BRICS leaders turning up to fawn over Putin. Nearly all of them have histories of being colonised, a history which they never stop reminding the West about even though it pretty much finished more than 50 years ago. And that is not in any way to defend that grim history. However, Russia is an entirely colonialist, imperialist construct that not only still exists, but brazenly states its ambition of expansion. Putin himself proudly uses the language of empire and we see it in practice in Ukraine.
Those BRICS leaders really do need to be called out for their support for Russian colonialism and imperialism. Otherwise their complaints about historic colonialism really are just political posturing.
Absolutely true – and quite sobering. As the Swiss saying goes "Nur die dümmstenKälber wählen ihre Schlächter selber" loosely, and without the nice rhyme in German translated into 'Only the dummest calves choose their own butchers. Voting trump back into the White House would have exactly the international repercussions you have pointed out. And then some. Think about ending the fight against climate change etc., etc.
So the rest of the world helplessly has to stand by hoping that the American electorate will not behave like the proverbial dummest calves...
Excellent piece Arthur
thanks Paul!
Sadly all too true. As others have said, take Trump at face value and believe what he says.
As for all those BRICS leaders turning up to fawn over Putin. Nearly all of them have histories of being colonised, a history which they never stop reminding the West about even though it pretty much finished more than 50 years ago. And that is not in any way to defend that grim history. However, Russia is an entirely colonialist, imperialist construct that not only still exists, but brazenly states its ambition of expansion. Putin himself proudly uses the language of empire and we see it in practice in Ukraine.
Those BRICS leaders really do need to be called out for their support for Russian colonialism and imperialism. Otherwise their complaints about historic colonialism really are just political posturing.