2017 - a perspective on the year
2017 has proven to be a very disappointing year for most people around the globe. Starting with Donald Trump as the president of the most powerful country in the globe so many things simply went from bad to worse and beyond.
As global citizens, we have failed to stop the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. Nearly 700,000 Rohingyas have been forced to leave their ancestral homes in the Arakan (Rakhine) state of Myanmar as a result of genocidal pogroms of Myanmar government and its murderous Buddhists there. Tens of thousands of Rohingyas and other Muslims were also murdered, let alone tens of thousands of females raped by savage Buddhists.
Tens of thousands of Syrians and Iraqis also died as a result of the mess there created by George W. Bush by invading Iraq in 2003. Scores of towns and cities have been destroyed to defeat the nihilist ISIS forces. While the strength of the ISIS has been reduced significantly in those two countries, their messages via social media remain a threat to any country and its people, exciting mentally disturbed or intellectually vulnerable people to volunteer for their nihilist cause. Examples of such deranged activities were witnessed in parts of Europe and failed attempts in the USA.
North Korea has been able to successfully demonstrate its nuclear capability, threatening its neighbors to the south and east - South Korea and Japan, and even the continental USA. Trump's hard talking has not delivered any positive outcome.
Trump's win has invigorated racists and bigots around the globe to widen the conflict along racial and religious lines. As a result, throughout Europe, in particular, the fascists are on the rise, and hate crimes directed, in particular, against Muslims are on an all-time high. As we have repeatedly seen throughout history, such hateful messages always rebound back. Even a White U.S. congressman was attacked by a racist White American. Another white gunman killed 25 in a U.S. church. Hundreds were also killed in a mass shooting in Las Vegas by a trigger-happy, well-planned, rich, white American; the casualty figures show that it was the worst in American history. However, as usual, since these criminals were Christians and white, terrorism was ruled out. Media do not even mention their names any more!
Under the BJP rule, India is showing its ugly fascist face rather unapologetically. Hundreds of Muslims have been lynched to death by Hindutvadi fascists under the name of 'gau-rakhsha' or saving cow. Destruction of Muslim properties and houses of worship has become a regular phenomenon in many parts of India. Kashmiris continue to be denied of their legitimate human rights and the right to plebiscite by the occupied Indian forces.
2017 also got a glimpse of a pervasive culture of sexual harassment and assault in the West. The allegations were not limited to guys like Harvey Weinstein of Hollywood alone. Nearly half a million women in the West signed up in the social media to say 'Me Too' to show the gravity of the problem. Many media icons - Matt Lauer, Louis C.K., Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey and Charlie Rose - once perceived to be decent human beings - have proven to be sex perverts. Even the ex-president Sr. Bush, George W.'s father - has been found to be a sex pervert. And of course, the least said about the current president Trump the better. He is in a league of his own!
As noted by Laurie Penny in a recent Time magazine article, cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug. 'It smothers the senses of societies that claim to despise sexual predators and yet keep giving them awards and electing them to office.'
Trump has kept his promise of helping out his rich buddies by lowering their tax burden in the recently passed tax bill, which is bound to worsen condition for most not-so-rich families. He has also repealed the Obamacare, which is expected to make it difficult for many low income Americans to get the necessary health care.
Finally, Trump's arrogant Jerusalem decision is the worst international blunder he has committed, which is sure to strengthen the Zionists with their criminal land-grabs further worsening the Palestine-Israel crisis. Many see Trump as a precursor to Dajjal. The Palestinians have said, and rightly so, that they won't accept the USA as a mediator any more to resolve the crisis.
As global citizens, we have failed to stop the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. Nearly 700,000 Rohingyas have been forced to leave their ancestral homes in the Arakan (Rakhine) state of Myanmar as a result of genocidal pogroms of Myanmar government and its murderous Buddhists there. Tens of thousands of Rohingyas and other Muslims were also murdered, let alone tens of thousands of females raped by savage Buddhists.
Tens of thousands of Syrians and Iraqis also died as a result of the mess there created by George W. Bush by invading Iraq in 2003. Scores of towns and cities have been destroyed to defeat the nihilist ISIS forces. While the strength of the ISIS has been reduced significantly in those two countries, their messages via social media remain a threat to any country and its people, exciting mentally disturbed or intellectually vulnerable people to volunteer for their nihilist cause. Examples of such deranged activities were witnessed in parts of Europe and failed attempts in the USA.
North Korea has been able to successfully demonstrate its nuclear capability, threatening its neighbors to the south and east - South Korea and Japan, and even the continental USA. Trump's hard talking has not delivered any positive outcome.
Trump's win has invigorated racists and bigots around the globe to widen the conflict along racial and religious lines. As a result, throughout Europe, in particular, the fascists are on the rise, and hate crimes directed, in particular, against Muslims are on an all-time high. As we have repeatedly seen throughout history, such hateful messages always rebound back. Even a White U.S. congressman was attacked by a racist White American. Another white gunman killed 25 in a U.S. church. Hundreds were also killed in a mass shooting in Las Vegas by a trigger-happy, well-planned, rich, white American; the casualty figures show that it was the worst in American history. However, as usual, since these criminals were Christians and white, terrorism was ruled out. Media do not even mention their names any more!
Under the BJP rule, India is showing its ugly fascist face rather unapologetically. Hundreds of Muslims have been lynched to death by Hindutvadi fascists under the name of 'gau-rakhsha' or saving cow. Destruction of Muslim properties and houses of worship has become a regular phenomenon in many parts of India. Kashmiris continue to be denied of their legitimate human rights and the right to plebiscite by the occupied Indian forces.
2017 also got a glimpse of a pervasive culture of sexual harassment and assault in the West. The allegations were not limited to guys like Harvey Weinstein of Hollywood alone. Nearly half a million women in the West signed up in the social media to say 'Me Too' to show the gravity of the problem. Many media icons - Matt Lauer, Louis C.K., Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey and Charlie Rose - once perceived to be decent human beings - have proven to be sex perverts. Even the ex-president Sr. Bush, George W.'s father - has been found to be a sex pervert. And of course, the least said about the current president Trump the better. He is in a league of his own!
As noted by Laurie Penny in a recent Time magazine article, cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug. 'It smothers the senses of societies that claim to despise sexual predators and yet keep giving them awards and electing them to office.'
Trump has kept his promise of helping out his rich buddies by lowering their tax burden in the recently passed tax bill, which is bound to worsen condition for most not-so-rich families. He has also repealed the Obamacare, which is expected to make it difficult for many low income Americans to get the necessary health care.
Finally, Trump's arrogant Jerusalem decision is the worst international blunder he has committed, which is sure to strengthen the Zionists with their criminal land-grabs further worsening the Palestine-Israel crisis. Many see Trump as a precursor to Dajjal. The Palestinians have said, and rightly so, that they won't accept the USA as a mediator any more to resolve the crisis.
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