To be a Leader takes balls, smarts, and discipline. These are values as scarce in politics today as an honest man in the Temple at the time of Jesus of Nazareth.
Cappax Imperii – Part 1
Category: international politics
On Epiphanies
The world is at war. World War 3 has already started and it is threatening our way of life. Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Iran, Gaza, America, Europe, China, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, are all connected. Millions of people are already dead. Hundreds of millions more will be lost to nuclear strikes if we do not wake up and speak up against the madness.
The Pitfalls of the Rules-based World Order
We live in a world where anybody can become Prime Minister if they have the right pedigree. Without any popular scrutiny, validation, or election. We also live in a world where some people are barred from running, even after being validated by the electorate. This is the rules-based world order the WEF is working had to impose on eight billion unwilling subjects. War, famine, pestilence, fearmongering, inflation, moral decay, virtue-signaling, are all weapons of working the public into acquiescence.
Montesquieu was Right
Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. No one changes their ways just for the heck of it. But if one must change, they’d better do it for the right reasons. Being neutral is a safer bet than adhering to any military alliance. Nobody owes anyone anything. Protection doesn’t come gratis. And sometimes the price is your own existence.
The Forever War
The world is at war. And we are all caught in it without even realizing. We are ignoring the evidence with the tenacity of the Ostridge. We are unfit to lick the boots of our ancestors who lived and fought to secure a better life for their children. We are unworthy of Freedom.
On Loaded Pistols
Promises have no role to play in politics. They are less reliable than cheap toilet paper. National Security cannot be entrusted in the care of foreign powers. Neutrality means nothing today because it is based on a gentlemen’s agreement. As international treaties go they cannot replace hard military power for defence against aggression. If a foreign power sees an in, they will exploit it. It is the job of statesmen to bridge those security gaps left open by their gullible predecessors. War and Peace depend on it!
On False Analogies
There are no good or bad guys in geopolitics. Everyone is tainted. False analogies do not help anyone. A valid analogy does.
Who can save Ukraine?
They say that the only people who see the end of the war are the dead. I wonder if that is the only certainty in this solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short Life of ours.
Masada or the Samson Option
The world must accept and learn to live with the State of Israel. If it doesn’t, we are all in big doodoo. And yes, that is my professional opinion. Not to dilly dally, but I do not think the adage “The Arabs have the oil, but the Jews have the matches” is accurate. My gut feeling tells me that the world is a block of cinders, and the Jews have the atomic fire. I do not think toying with the Jewish incarnation of Prometheus is wise. Do you?
On Moral Hypocrisy
Moral hypocrisy is a fixture of the human species. We are naturally born hypocrites. The whole lot of us. And we keep making the same mistake of assuming that Justice can be achieved Peacefully. Justice is not an act of Peace but of War. Justice is all about making War on Injustice.
Götterdämmerung 