SSP Diaries | Setting the stage for global destruction – Part 2

As much as our world may be viewed as an independent entity, the nations that comprise it are very dependent upon each other. There is evidence to show that the supply of resources needed for the sustenance of human life is already negatively impacted by conflicts.

Urgently required food supplies to innocent civilians, inclusive of children, are being denied intended recipients. The denial of food and medical aid have become the weapons of choice especially in the Israeli/Gaza theatre. More resources are being channelled to developing fighting capabilities and less for the sustenance of human beings.

As this reality takes shape, the body created to deny such a phenomenon is slowly losing its power and influence. The UN has been made totally ineffective by the very powers that created it and maintained controlling influences over time. Power and greed have replaced our ability to live in peace and harmony.

In the latest example, the alleged war on drugs launched by the US against Venezuela in the Caribbean does not seem to have any greater significance than that of the developed state seeking to ensure a steady supply of oil for its economy because of the possible total fall-out that could happen as a result of its quality of friendship being exposed by its actions in the Israeli strike on Qatar on September 9. One may also argue that the ability to conduct acts across borders with impunity is something that the world has taken from the US play book, over time, as they too have been guilty of such actions in violation of international laws. The focus of the developed world has shifted from life preservation to that of its destruction.

Global trends and legacies are therefore a part of current concerns. States are no longer willing to play silent, accept little or no returns for the extraction of their birth-right, have their future dictated by others or sit back and allow foreigners to enrich themselves, their businesses and countries. Africa has awakened to the evil of colonial exploitation. They did so first with the British and have in recent time been expelling the French. This exercise represents a major rebuff of French colonialism, in Western Africa. The vacuum created is, advisedly being filled mainly by Russia and China which are deemed to have favourable aid policies. Destabilizing Western influences are being replaced by more stable partnerships and growing self-reliance. There is knowledge of the fact that the Continent contains the largest supply of mineral resources known and desired by mankind, a reality not lost on the so-called superpowers and developed nations.

ENVIRONMENT OF UNCERTAINTY

Russia and China appear to have vast ‘footholds’ in the future development of Africa while the US, UK and EU have lost ground over time. The situation is compounded by many states in Africa moving towards policies of self-reliance, self-governance, self-determination and the adoption of the BRICS economic model, dispensing with the suppressive provisions of an IMF or World Bank. Such a move will effectively replace the US Dollar as the measure by which all foreign transactions are conducted, essentially reducing the economic power of that nation’s currency and future economic growth.

Any nation that has enjoyed such dominance with its currency over the years is unlikely to accept such a development. The signs of US decline are already real, hence the random and radical use of tariffs, sanctions and other impositions on any nation that challenges the status quo. These policies are building global tensions that will create seismic shifts that, will see mankind trying to resolve using violence.

The unification of the UK and EU behind the US’s conflicting policy framework signifies their perceived need of US support, especially with Russia flexing its muscles on NATO borders. This suggests that the UK and EU are also unable to think rationally and will be following their friend down the path of open conflict or self-destruction. Both the UK and EU seem to have forgotten the fact that the US thrives off wars, it is built on a war economy. Present policies, however, tend to show that this may be a thing of the past as most of the human capital to sustain such production lines is already being deported to other countries, ostensibly to make America “great” again. The UK and EU have also forgotten that they have fought real wars before but have allowed their capacities to effectively dwindle over the years. Pride will not allow good reasoning to prevail as has been evident in the current Russia Ukraine conflict, hence Russian provocation will likely lead to the obliteration of large portions of Europe, going forward.

The trends point to increased violence that will occur in an environment of uncertainty. States wanting to do what the UN was designed to do are being undermined, and those that should know better are embedded in unwavering support for ‘warmongering’ because of greed. Power has indeed corrupted the minds of our leaders who are clearly carrying us down the path of destruction.

Those states which are far away geographically or think themselves not to be involved or impacted must rethink their positions immediately and cause their voices to be heard, in the relevant institutions and throughout the world. This is absolutely needed to bring nations back to rational approaches to resolve issues.

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that the way in which the global dynamics are being played out right now, could see Russia and China, for example, coming to the aid of an embattled Venezuela, signalling the beginning of a global catastrophe in our own back yard.

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