The United States Vs Global Peace; Iran Now, who next…? Act Now for Global Peace; De-dollarisation the way forward?
The illusion - American Democracy
The World has
seen many wars being fought against Nations across the globe by the United
States under different US Presidents, the claim was always the US is going to
bring democratic governance to these sovereign countries and ensure freedom for
people from outside. No one asked what right the US has as a country among 159
nations to invade another country in the name of misgovernance, an internal
sovereign matter on basis of US perception or perception of American Diaspora
from different countries or more realistically on basis of Perception of
American companies and their need for natural resources. The United States has
been having a free ride on global governance, with total disregard for laws
both domestic and international.
Recent events
under President Donald J Trump have made it clear that there is no Democracy in
the United States as a Nation, there never was and never will be. Just like a
democratic mindset of an individual can be assessed based on his/her
interactions with fellow beings, this is true for nations as well. In this
regard the United States has proved through the decades that as a nation it is
not a democracy. The clearest example has been that of Cuba, where for sake of
American companies a free nation was systematically destroyed in its capacity
for trade and self-reliance. While Cuba
did not give in many smaller countries have been given in to the US strategic
pressures and either handed over their national security to a foreign nation
the United States or decided to either peg their currency with that of US
dollar or to use US dollar itself. The process of creating semi-sovereign
states in the western hemisphere has been slow and systematic strategy under
different US Presidents. Thereby making clear the United States as a Nation has
no concept of democracy and never intents to practice it either.
At the same
time, it maintains the illusion and right to invade other sovereign nations to
enforce democracies as per the model convenient to the US companies. Recently,
this played out in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba.
America a
Democracy because of Power Sharing within structures for Governance- A Myth!
The United
States has been very proud to state that the three structures of Governance,
the US Congress, the Judiciary and the Executive Branch under the President
have been conceived in such a manner that an over reach or abuse can be
prevented to ensure democracy domestically and internationally. This is the
greatest lie of all, the US is not conceived as a democracy, it is conceived as
a country where a President can reign like a belligerent King/queen; if the
person so desires.
According to
the US Constitution and also US Code, to be specific under Article II, Section
1 of US constitution, the Executive Power shall be vested in a President of the
United States of America. But what does this Executive Power entail, a
President has the power to enforce laws but creation of law falls within
Congress as per process authorised by Article 1 of the Constitution; the US
President is the Commander-in-Chief, based on which he/she commands the armed
forces but US Congress holds the power to declare war; the President has the
Executive Authority to direct Executive Branch, this includes Federal
departments and agencies; the President has power for Treaty making with it
being ratified by two-thirds of Senate vote; the President’s legislative role
gives him/her the power to veto or sign legislations.
What the US
President Trump has displayed during his second term in office has been the
power of his Executive Orders to the US Congress and the globe. While many of
his Executive Orders on domestic matters, faces over 100s of law suits on
legality of his Executive Orders, at the maximum it has managed temporary
blocks or paused policies but hardly any reversal of the executive orders of
President Trump.
In case of
Executive Orders with regards to attacks or sanctions on other nations,
President Trump has been given a free hand. And the world has largely been silent to
atrocities committed by US President. Take for the example, the attack on
Shajareh Tayyebeh Girl’s School, there has been no action taken against US
President or his administration by US Congress or any international agency.
Suppose one
where to do role reversal and assume 168 school children were killed in the
United States or Israel, wouldn’t there be immediate action instead of silence,
debate and grace period given to President Trump to give an explanation or
rationale for attack on Iran and the results of war crimes or acts of Terror
(for as per US law attack on Government property is considered to be an act of
terror). Would the US government wait for explanation for mass murder of school
children? This is exactly the reason why US as a nation is not a democracy. It
does not practice democratic principles when dealing with other Sovereign nations and in fact refuses to adhere to any
law domestic or international in its interaction with other nations.
The current
President of United States does not believe in international law or domestic
law, but only believes in his scale of morality. Recently, for the first time,
he does not like to see people dead from his action, but he has forgotten the
number of times he has gloated over bombing small fishing boats, destroying
Government Infrastructure, and most of all stating how in matter of few hours
he ensured US troops invaded Venezuela and kidnapped the President of Venezuela
from his sleep along with his wife.
The total
insensitivity with which President Trump declares these acts on social media or
media, the way he gloats over his actions, the pride he takes in his actions
that invariably has mass murder in its background be it Venezuela or Iran.
The total
lack of humanity in the words of the US President and sheer joy that his face
reflects and the pride in his action is more inhuman than any action of any know
terrorist or terror group.
In addition,
the US President enjoys veto power over any law that Congress approves, also
gives him the upper hand. Though Congress can override the President’s veto
with two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate but the Congress rarely
overrides vetoes – out of 1,484 vetoes since 1789 only 7.1% or 106, have been
overridden. It is apparent the current US Congress is not inclined to hold
President Trump accountable for his war crimes and acts of terror.
The Profile
of President and his view of international relations with other Sovereign
Nations
A President who
believes only in his sense of morality; as per which “I can take Cuba (another
Sovereign Nation), I can take it and do whatever I want with it”. Just like in
Venezuela, he holds it as his trump card, a trick card that he believes out
smarted all others and asserts as so on media.
The truth, the
President of US is invading Sovereign nations as per his will, committing mass murders
(100 died in Venezuela), over two thousand in Iran; as preview of terror
tactics in Western Hemisphere he kept bombing anyone and everyone who dared to
be on small boats on International Water. He is nothing but a three-piece
terrorist, mass murder, thief, with a 900-billon military industry made at his
disposal by a spineless, unethical, visionless, with no skills at in international
relations, the US Congress.
Now, what can
the world do for the maniacal US President who is no mood to stop but he has to
be stopped. US may be the biggest military industry but the soft power the US
enjoys is what makes the US military power tangible in the long run. The
destruction of soft power could be the only way to make the US Congress realize
that their President can’t have a free ride on nations across the globe. It is
necessary for nations across the globe to plan for destruction of US soft power
before it is too late. The US Presidency
is not a permanent post but many of the process he creates and sets up may be
difficult to unwind. It is important he is restrained each success gives him a high
to do some More…
A clear example
is US role in brokering peace between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, the focus is for specials access to minerals in the country. This is sad
process, US uses its military power creates success stories of invasions, hold
these success stories as soft threat to make other abide to US dictate. Countries in Africa that are militarily
powerless can be manipulated with success stories unlike countries like Iran.
The total military expenditure of Rwanda in 2024 was $176 million USD and that
of Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023 was $794 million USD.
Democratic
Republic of Congo has immense natural wealth, 60% of world cobalt, a critical
mineral for electric vehicle batteries. It is also leading producer of copper,
industrial diamonds, tantalum (coltan), tin, gold, and tungsten. Rwanda has
tantalum (used in aerospace and medical implants), tin, tungsten (critical use
in aerospace, military projectiles) and gold.
President Trump’s recent Media disclosure on his plan for Iran's decimation
What does it mean, for Global Peace when it is America First, always:
Nations in the
world need to think beyond all the visuals of chaos presented by President
Trump. For Trump’s Presidency will be over but tech industries for whom US
President is setting the blue print for governance would need to be shown the
red line. Other wise world will have a different reality on its plate which
nations are ill equipped to deal with. In the United States, through
privatisation, many aspects of governance are being handled by tech industries
and local people are facing problems.
The Soft
power including economic power of US has to be curtailed for global peace, de-dollarisation
is one of the options that is needed and crucial. Soft power disruption is the
only preventive protection measure against current and future US Presidents and
their Presidency’s impact on the global peace.
Molly Charles
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