THEM VERSUS US ?

 

Wow! Quite the developments yesterday. A few days earlier Israel while still bombing Gaza decided to drop a few on Iran allegedly for pursuing nuclear weapons development. One of the problems I see is that various European countries as well as some international monitoring agencies haven't indicated that Iran is doing any such thing. Even some senior U.S. officials have publicly stated the same while admittedly others have said the opposite. Does anyone remember Iraq's alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) turning out to be false? How many times can and does the U.S. lie to the world before nobody believes a damn thing they say? Oh wait that's already occurred under Donald Trump 2.0  . I'm to the point that my rule is whatever "The Donald" says I'm confident that most likely the opposite is true. Again does nobody remember the parable about the boy who cried wolf? Well that fat ars*d boy is now the President of the United States. God help us all. 

There may be some serious or not bellowing from the U.S. Congress that Trump's bombing of Iran is either illegal or unconstitutional. Again allegedly he is required to advise/consult Congress in advance. If the bellowing is serious then I commend whoever does so. If it's just posturing then everybody's time is being wasted. 

What the world should have known for centuries is that international law appears unenforceable upon the strongest countries in the world.  I have long wondered about vetoes being available to the U.S., Russia, China, etc. at the United Nations. What does that say other than all countries are equal except for those who are more equal. 

Might is right and this attitude has trickled down to all tiers of government certainly in Canada and probably throughout the world. Is it any wonder that municipal politicians guard their areas of authority so carefully? Is it any wonder that provincial Premiers do not tolerate either municipal or even federal encroachment upon their jurisdictions? Bad news folks but our politicians behaviour is constantly less based upon doing what's right and more often upon what serves their purposes which mostly is preservation of their authority. Any attempts to do the right thing which may expose political gamesmanship, pettiness or even lesser sins will not move forward. Just look at the scandal involving mercury in the English-Wabigoon Rivers (i.e. Grassy Narrows) and at the phony "cleanup" that's been ongoing in Elmira, Ontario for the past 36 years.