Out of the two US presidential candidates which one do you think is worse, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?
Strange as it may sound, the question evokes in me a conflict between my gut and my heart. My gut reaction is the country is going into a period of anarchy where the better angels of our nature are betrayed and lost from sight. In that country, I suppose someone like Donald Trump is the better president, although I’m at a loss to say why.I don’t see Trump holding the country together, unifying or building. He seems intent on doing the exact opposite. I do see his movement as a reaction to the excesses of political correctness but for all the rhetoric, that seems trivial.Hillary I see as the president if I feel the country will last another hundred years. That there will be a United States to lead the world further in the directions of the Founders and the Age of Reason. That may sound opposite or obtuse to some who’ve internalized the rhetoric of Originalists, but I feel and think it’s accurate.The conflict between these two impressions sorrows me overall.
What are the causes of conflict in the Middle East?
People may give many reasons for lack of peace in Middle-East but the true reason is the rich oil resources of the region.Not just oil but this piece of land is also blessed with natural gas and other natural resources; 32% of the world’s natural gas rests in the hands of Middle-East states.So, to be very serious the war going on in Middle-East is more a result of international conspiracies than it is of sectarian violence.Middle-East is rich of oil,petroleum,gas,opium,gold and aluminium resources.Seeing these facts one must consider that ‘’Why these countries are not developing?The reason is that international powers are using these countries as nothing but their war grounds to fulfil their vested interests.All of this is a conspiracy of anti-Muslim powers.Yes, some of the middle-east states i.e. Saudi Arabia are progressing much faster than others but the reason is that not a single one of the 1.6 billion Muslims of the world would stay low if something happens to Saudi Arabia.Also that Saudi Arabia and other such nations sell petrol and natural gas to world’s powers on low rates and easy terms.You might be surprised but this is true, the human-blood is being shed for nothing but the gain of power.The UN has failed miserably in prevailing peace in Middle-East. In fact UN The United Nations is not more than a Debating Society.The so-called ambassadors of peace instead of making efforts to prevent war and save human lives give preference to their own interests.The current situation in Syria is hidden from none.Armies enter these countries ignoring their regional sovereignty, in the name of prevailing peace,fight for their own interests and once they have been fulfilled they leave. No one cares for the hundreds of thousands that have that and the ones that are being killed daily either by terrorists or the ambassadors of peace.The only thing these cowards care about is gaining control natural resources of the region at any cost of all.
Why are European countries, in particular France, Germany, and the UK, supporting the Iran deal?
Why? Because they are being pragmatic. Of the many EU members, the UK, France, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain (I exclude Germany because it doesn’t have hundreds of years of such history) have centuries of experience of trade with other states that might not share their religion, politics, ethics. They gradually learned that imposing their will upon such states simply creates hostility and, eventually, must lead to war. The lesson was simple: A nation that trades freely with others all over the world does not feel under threat, has no need to be aggressive, and does not need advanced weapons or a vast military, while one that feels it is under threat (from economic sanctions or military threats) is bound to react, sometimes impulsively, and seek to possess sufficient military power to discourage any interference in it’s affairs.I wonder, for example, if the Third Reich under Hitler would ever have arisen were it not for the punitive sanctions imposed upon Germany following it’s defeat in 1918? Then in 1945, lessons having been learned, Germany was assisted to recover almost exclusively by far-sighted US policies and money that helped them up and gave them freedom, with the result that Germany is probably the most stable, successful, and peaceful member of the EU.I would then say that the EU member state’s approach is mature, while that of Donald Trump is more akin to the school bully who cannot stand anyone else in his class having as good a smart phone as his. That is immature since the only reason why they might want such a smart phone is because he insists that they can’t have one.The USA is by far the greatest military power the world has ever seen, and it has wielded that power all over the Middle East and North Africa, often with catastrophic results because it’s government and it’s president simply cannot seem to understand that trade will beat force every time.I post this with some regret as a long-term admirer of what the USA has achieved in it’s short history, and I firmly believe that the USA is very capable of being a force for good in this mixed-up world. I just wish that it’s politicians would grow up first!