Tuesday, July 08, 2025
A "geopolitical" rant to Americans (who have been force-fed the Koolaide)
I'm not sure many Americans are aware how much their outlook concerning various
geopolitical affairs (for
those few that care about such things), is
manufactured as a form of consent
for the aims their
secret government
is pursuing at any given point in time. A salient (and recent) example of the effectiveness of this government policy is the following ...
I have my own political views on these things, but I have to laugh to myself as I observe events unfold during what has transpired of this decade. I think more Americans are unfortunately prone to drinking their government's Koolaide than not. They need to wake up.👀
Wokeness has become a "thing" these days. Interestingly, the term "woke" eschews immutability: A "dormant" person may become "woke", but equally a "woke" person may become "dormant". However, a more terminal "antithesis" to wokeness is "blindness".
This takes me to another related topic: American hubris is its own worst enemy:
The heads of Russia and Iran were both hopelessly (or so it may have seemed) Pro-Western at one time. Not any more!
It almost seems as though the following never happened:
As for Masoud Pezeshkian, his pro-Western leanings were never in doubt.
However, Western "soberbia" in dealing with both turned them into "Anti-Western" leaders, thereby roundly defeating any purpose or outcome the Western establishment may have sought through its collective foreign policy over the years. The immediate outcome of the recent clash between Israel and Iran was totally unexpected and portends uncertainty:
I have my own political views on these things, but I have to laugh to myself as I observe events unfold during what has transpired of this decade. I think more Americans are unfortunately prone to drinking their government's Koolaide than not. They need to wake up.👀
Wokeness has become a "thing" these days. Interestingly, the term "woke" eschews immutability: A "dormant" person may become "woke", but equally a "woke" person may become "dormant". However, a more terminal "antithesis" to wokeness is "blindness".
This takes me to another related topic: American hubris is its own worst enemy:
The heads of Russia and Iran were both hopelessly (or so it may have seemed) Pro-Western at one time. Not any more!
It almost seems as though the following never happened:
The U.S. Consul General, Jack Gosnell, had a close relationship with Putin when he was deputy mayor of St. Petersburg. The two of them worked closely to create joint ventures and other ways to promote relations between the two countries. Gosnell related that Putin was always straightforward, courteous and helpful.
As for Masoud Pezeshkian, his pro-Western leanings were never in doubt.
However, Western "soberbia" in dealing with both turned them into "Anti-Western" leaders, thereby roundly defeating any purpose or outcome the Western establishment may have sought through its collective foreign policy over the years. The immediate outcome of the recent clash between Israel and Iran was totally unexpected and portends uncertainty:
The destruction of Israel is in full swing. The reconstruction of partially destroyed Israel (Tel Aviv, ports, airports and arms factories) will take years, but requires that the ceasefire holds, which is completely uncertain as the protagonists are behaving so unreliably. This will result in the owners concerned not putting up any money in the current situation. Would you rebuild an office building if there was a 50% chance that it would be destroyed again tomorrow?What will the future bring? And what kind of consent will be manufactured to justify it?
Labels: Anti-War, geopolitics, imperialism, injustice, US imperialism
# posted by Dr. Mathews @ 12:29 PM 
