Odd that, a communist declared a terrorist by USA until 2008 dies and the West is scrambling to honor and attend his funeral. Odder still the Chinese will not be attending. You know it is important when Bill Clinton pops up to make the event about himself. You see, Mandela was declared a terrorist when China was our enemy and helping Mandela end Apartheid, which USA decided was authoritarian and not totalitarian (I am not making this up, you had to be there.)
The would be the Chinese Communist National Day. Now odd that no Chinese leader will be attending the funeral, at least no mention yet. His death is getting big press in China, with fulsome praise for the man. Geopolitics? I think so.
The Arab Spring cleared the decks in late 2010, in essence all bets were off as to geopolitics, and the opportunity for peace and prosperity was present. But, Kaddafi had sold his oil to the Chinese, USA had been defeated in Iraq and was losing in Afghanistan, we took the opportunity to get the Libyan oil flowing back to Europe, whose refineries by technology and law can refine only the Bonny Light that Libya possesses. Murdering Kaddafi has not worked out so well, with this week the extremists killed another American they say was a CIA asset under cover as a chemistry teacher. In any event, the oil is not flowing.
We intervened in Egypt, what a mess, and we had our chestnuts pulled from the fire by the Russians in Syria. Next we cut a deal de-escalating our show-down with Iran. See a pattern? USA is being pushed out of the Middle East, which is the backyard of Russia and China, and apparently all along North Africa.
In the meantime, the USA has opened up the new United States Africa Command, which really refers only to sub-Saharan Africa. Now step back for a moment. Are we at war with anyone in Africa? Why are we maintaining a military command over another continent? Is that somewhere in the constitution? Is that at all wise? How do sub-Saharan Africans feel about being under a USMilitary Command? What is the thinking on this?
And true to form, since establishing this command, old fights have warmed up and new ones are afoot. Mali, Central African Republic, the Congo... these are sold as Christian vs Moslem in service of recruitment campaigns, but all wars are about real estate, never religion. Funny that: by blaming religion, the powers that be can both cover their crimes plus excite recruitment for their crimes.
USA borrows 46 cents of every dollar it spends. It has to borrow that from people who believe they will be paid back. We are borrowing the money because we cannot earn it under capitalism. We are borrowing the money to maintain the pretense capitalism works, but buying off all of those who would otherwise be productive, that is in a free market. To convince those who lend us money that we can pay it back, we must have on our balance sheets such assets as, well, sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Canada, etc. Now expect some of those people to resent doing without so one-half of the USA population can live off the checks made possible by borrowing 46 cents of every dollar we spend.
So although China should have pride of place at any funeral honoring Mandela, front row seats for the leaders of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China might be impolitic. If the implicit, or perhaps explicit, agreement has been made to divvy up Africa with the North to Russia and China and the South to USA (two into the Congo) then Chinese leadership in a South African major world event might ruffle feathers. What with the childish USA response of flying unannounced B52s over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in response to China requiring flight traffic to check in crossing that space, perhaps the Chinese are showing adult restraint to USA puerility.
What a mess. Washington warned us about "entangling alliances" on his way out, and Eisenhower fingered the "military industrial complex" on his way out A month after JFK was whacked, the President Truman who from the CIA said it was time to put a tight leash on it.
Can we recover our freedom to do business and our freedom from force and fraud? Tokugawa Japan was the Samurai era observed romantically from afar, in which there was a class as deadly and as thorough as the powers that be and their minions today. But change they did. Also, the former Soviet Union reformed into Russia in a remarkably peaceful transition. Can we do it? Hard to say, wait and see.
If you listen to the speeches and follow the news on the Mandela funeral, please let me know if any of the speakers mention Mandela's truly magnificent move: truth commissions. Listen to hear if anyone of the criminals who will be interviewed or speak at his funeral mention truth commissions. I doubt it, since those were the means by which Mandela effected change from the evil to the much better. Which politicians or celebrities are going to praise the best means for relieving them of their positions?
Don't expect anyone to mention why Mandela was a great historical figure. Just like no one mentions today Martin Luther King pointed out that the USA was the world's #1 purveyor of violence. Watch the speakers begin the process of recasting Mandela from communist terrorist to "our best friend all along." Never mind he developed an effective plan to overthrow the people who will be controlling his legacy.
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On his second trip to China , (Mandela)said the Chinese people ,who fought for liberation and freedom ,had greatly encouraged South African people in their fight against apartheid .He expressed his appreciation for the support South Africa had received from the Chinese government and people .Liu Guijin ,then a senior official in the Department of African Affairs at the Foreign Ministry ,recalled the moment when he first saw Mandela during his second visit to China ." He smiled and extended both of his hands to shake hands with all the people in the room ,"Liu said . "Everyone was touched ."" He once told me that when he was in prison he and his fellow inmates used to celebrate China 's National Day ,which falls on Oct 1.They painted Chinese flags on their hands secretly ,to encourage each other to fight and achieve success like the Chinese people ."
The would be the Chinese Communist National Day. Now odd that no Chinese leader will be attending the funeral, at least no mention yet. His death is getting big press in China, with fulsome praise for the man. Geopolitics? I think so.
The Arab Spring cleared the decks in late 2010, in essence all bets were off as to geopolitics, and the opportunity for peace and prosperity was present. But, Kaddafi had sold his oil to the Chinese, USA had been defeated in Iraq and was losing in Afghanistan, we took the opportunity to get the Libyan oil flowing back to Europe, whose refineries by technology and law can refine only the Bonny Light that Libya possesses. Murdering Kaddafi has not worked out so well, with this week the extremists killed another American they say was a CIA asset under cover as a chemistry teacher. In any event, the oil is not flowing.
We intervened in Egypt, what a mess, and we had our chestnuts pulled from the fire by the Russians in Syria. Next we cut a deal de-escalating our show-down with Iran. See a pattern? USA is being pushed out of the Middle East, which is the backyard of Russia and China, and apparently all along North Africa.
In the meantime, the USA has opened up the new United States Africa Command, which really refers only to sub-Saharan Africa. Now step back for a moment. Are we at war with anyone in Africa? Why are we maintaining a military command over another continent? Is that somewhere in the constitution? Is that at all wise? How do sub-Saharan Africans feel about being under a USMilitary Command? What is the thinking on this?
And true to form, since establishing this command, old fights have warmed up and new ones are afoot. Mali, Central African Republic, the Congo... these are sold as Christian vs Moslem in service of recruitment campaigns, but all wars are about real estate, never religion. Funny that: by blaming religion, the powers that be can both cover their crimes plus excite recruitment for their crimes.
USA borrows 46 cents of every dollar it spends. It has to borrow that from people who believe they will be paid back. We are borrowing the money because we cannot earn it under capitalism. We are borrowing the money to maintain the pretense capitalism works, but buying off all of those who would otherwise be productive, that is in a free market. To convince those who lend us money that we can pay it back, we must have on our balance sheets such assets as, well, sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Canada, etc. Now expect some of those people to resent doing without so one-half of the USA population can live off the checks made possible by borrowing 46 cents of every dollar we spend.
So although China should have pride of place at any funeral honoring Mandela, front row seats for the leaders of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China might be impolitic. If the implicit, or perhaps explicit, agreement has been made to divvy up Africa with the North to Russia and China and the South to USA (two into the Congo) then Chinese leadership in a South African major world event might ruffle feathers. What with the childish USA response of flying unannounced B52s over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in response to China requiring flight traffic to check in crossing that space, perhaps the Chinese are showing adult restraint to USA puerility.
What a mess. Washington warned us about "entangling alliances" on his way out, and Eisenhower fingered the "military industrial complex" on his way out A month after JFK was whacked, the President Truman who from the CIA said it was time to put a tight leash on it.
Can we recover our freedom to do business and our freedom from force and fraud? Tokugawa Japan was the Samurai era observed romantically from afar, in which there was a class as deadly and as thorough as the powers that be and their minions today. But change they did. Also, the former Soviet Union reformed into Russia in a remarkably peaceful transition. Can we do it? Hard to say, wait and see.
If you listen to the speeches and follow the news on the Mandela funeral, please let me know if any of the speakers mention Mandela's truly magnificent move: truth commissions. Listen to hear if anyone of the criminals who will be interviewed or speak at his funeral mention truth commissions. I doubt it, since those were the means by which Mandela effected change from the evil to the much better. Which politicians or celebrities are going to praise the best means for relieving them of their positions?
Don't expect anyone to mention why Mandela was a great historical figure. Just like no one mentions today Martin Luther King pointed out that the USA was the world's #1 purveyor of violence. Watch the speakers begin the process of recasting Mandela from communist terrorist to "our best friend all along." Never mind he developed an effective plan to overthrow the people who will be controlling his legacy.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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