He Did What?
Where is the Outcry to This Excessive Violence and Self Promotion of America's Would-be Dictator?
For about 6 weeks, people of courage and character around the world have spoken out against the genocidal War in Iran. When this image surfaced, a lot of the same people have characterized it for what it is: the work of a petulant dictator engaged in violence and the sort of braggadocio often seen by mob bosses and third-world dictators.
World leaders have found different ways to critize the violence and dysfunction of the current administration. From Prime Minister Carney’s comments at Davos, to the consistent “no” of world leaders to supporting the War in Iran, to the more nuanced messaging of King Charles III. The message is the same.
We won’t be complicit in your authoritarian and fascistic schemes.
However, the President of the US continues in his bombastic, imbecilic, and extremely dangerous tirades, violent interventions, and war. He is tearing down everything around him. From the federal workforce to federal budget cuts, to systemic violence and murder by ICE against - well, just about anyone.
Where is the growing base of leaders gathering together to create a growing force to stop him? Elected and appointed leaders? Corporate leaders? Governors?
The people have been rising up, thanks to the leadership of the Poor People’s Campaign, Democracy Now, Indivisible, and so many other groups.
However, our political leadership seems anemic at best, and complicit at worst.
With the War in Iran, the US has created and will continue to create economic suffering throughout the world. We have moved from being those who “made the world safe for democracy” to those who are destroyers of so much that is good.
When will enough leaders rise up against this dictatorial gallop into the great void? We seem to be taking the world down with us, as the US rushes headlong down the 9 circles of hell in Dante’s Inferno.
Can we stop this? If not, what will continue to happen to hundreds of countries? Billions of people? And our very dear, resilient, and fragile world?