Does The World Love Us Any More Today Than It Did Last Night?

The NY Times had an item on October 14th which described Guinea Boasting of a deal with the Chinese. It's a story because Guinea's bloody junta stands to gain billions. China has become like some of our financial institutions; namely, too big to fail.

It's not really a new story. Their pursuit in Africa finds the Chinese furthering the interests of leaders with no compunction about murdering humans they find inconvenient. Their trade with Burma (Mynmar) keeps another set of murderers in power. Their desire to keep a buffer between their tremendously large nation, is it really the only thing that keep a meglomaniac in power in North Korea. Taiwan, a nation, that has made tremendous strides in forging a benign and democratic nation is denied its place in an assembly of nations that gives membership to many lands far less worthy for just one reason; China opposes Taiwan's claim to nationhood.

China is not the only abuser of it's size and military power. Russia continues to act like an uncivilized lout. It wants land in Georgia for its oil and gas pipelines so it rips out chunks of that country. You may recall the chunks; South Ossetia and Abkazia. Then there is Transnistra. It's population is 31.9% Moldovan, 30.4 % Russian, and 28.6% Ukrainian. It is by right (de jure) Moldovan, but de facto independent. That's the way Russia wants it.

If you really want to see the way Russia plays the game, study Chechnya. They've installed a puppet regime, which they fully support in all it's brutality.

Let's now turn to Africa where the countries of that continent installed Muammar al-Gaddafi as prime minister of the African Union (UA). They say people deserve the leaders they choose, but can people of any continent deserve this sort of leadership.

When one considers what goes on on planet earth, and that these very countries guide the actions of the UN, is it any wonder that this organization expresses nothing but hatred toward the only democratic government in the middle east? The Scandanavians harbor as much anti-Semitism as is to be found anywhere in Europe. When they give a prize to our president, I begin to worry.