International Politics & Corruption: China has a unique and intriguing answer.
Now, this story is a bit intriguing, to say the least. Honestly, I have some opinions about it, yet not sure how I really feel. Let’s explore….
“Xi Jinping, the Party’s chief, has been waging a determined offensive against corruption since taking power in late 2012, purging a succession of powerful political and military leaders.”
“On Sunday, Li Keqiang, the prime minister, marked the end of China’s annual Communist Party controlled parliament with a vow to ‘eliminate the breeding ground for corruption.’”
Sounds like a wonderful goal. But I want to know ”how” they’ll achieve their plans…. Keqiang continues to say that government must hold their power for public good and not for personal gain. “WOW,” when do you ever hear a politician say that?
Again, I’m really liking what he’s saying… but not so certain about a suggestion to accomplish said goal made by Professor He, author and legal scholar from Renmin University in Beijing.
“In several recent academic papers, Professor He has called for a species of amnesty, or pardon, for the two million officials he estimates have engaged in acts of corruption. Investigating them all was simply not possible since it would take 40 or 50 years, he said.”
Pardoning corrupt government workers is a shock to my system (wink wink). And yet, taking the high road, it is up to us individually, and collectively, to forgive our fellow brothers and sisters for those transgressions against us.
Similarly, when heart-wrenching revelations are revealed about the depths that our corporate cabal has gone to keep us unaware, sick, and in their financial servitude, then this situation and story is great practice for all of us to show mercy and compassion.
It’s my understanding that it will be essential for us as a society –as a planet– to forgive and turn the other cheek, and not spiral into neighborhoods of anarchy seeking revenge and retaliation.
And such behavior, our Galactic family has made very clear, is not an option… which is part of the reason why Announcements and Disclosure has taken so long: For the majority of society to get to the emotional and spiritual place of not physically retaliating and stooping down to the level of the cabal.
International Asylum: Does the US operate as a rogue government?
Yonas Fikre, a 36 year old American, recently stepped off a luxury private jet coming from Sweden landing in Portland, OR, ending a five year ordeal, where he was arrested and tortured at an Arab prison for not becoming in FBI confidential informant at his mosque in Portland.
I can only say “yikes yikes and triple yikes.”
“Fikre is suing the FBI, two of its agents and other American officials for allegedly putting him on the US’s no-fly list – a roster of suspected terrorists barred from taking commercial flights – to pressure him to collaborate. When that failed, the lawsuit said, the FBI had him arrested, interrogated and tortured for 106 days in the United Arab Emirates.”
“’The no-fly list gives the FBI an extrajudicial tool to coerce Muslims to become informants,’ said Gadeir Abbas, a lawyer who represents other clients on the list. ‘There’s definitely a cluster of cases like this at the FBI’s Portland office.’”
Cases such as these, very much make my heart sad. It’s truly hard to believe that in 2015 archaic and barbaric methods are still widely being used. Further, such realities as racism still exist …again, it’s hard for my ideological mind to fathom that people are so ignorant and unaware, and in turn, cruel to other human beings.
International Politics: In order for others to respect the USA, we must act honorably.
My desire to respect people –all people– is high. Yet, when people do disrespectful things such as what Senator Cotton did, it becomes very challenging to respect a man who’s being most disrespectful.
Every system, every place of employment, every family has etiquette. Etiquette reflects integrity and fair play. People in integrity respect and honor etiquette, ie, people in integrity honor the rules of engagement.
So playing outside the rules and outside established etiquette and protocol is very uncool, such as freshman Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) who is also very uncool — showing his inexperience, immaturity, and inability to follow procedure.
“It seemed like a good idea at the time. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)… persuaded 46 fellow Republicans to sign a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei et al warning that Congress could revoke any nuclear deal that President Obama makes.”
“But as one of Napoleon’s ministers said of a decision that went awry, it was worse than a crime; it was a blunder. Notwithstanding yelps from overwrought Democrats, the senators’ letter to Khamenei wasn’t against the law, much less treasonous.”
Of course, disagreeing and flat out objecting is to be expected from Republicans dealing with a Democrat President …the problem is what they did! What does your parents say when one sibling is picking on another? “Don’t snitch. Learn to stand up for yourself and try to work it out together.”
What is common practice at work when a co-worker is giving you a hard time? “Honor the chain of command. First, talk to your co-worker and try to resolve differences amicably as adults.”
With this in mind, what should Senator Cotton have done? Talk to the President and/or colleagues first… and certainly not writing to Iran’s Ayatollah threatening him that any deal made with President Obama can be revoked by Congress.
Boy, I’m embarrassed. “Thanks Senator Cotton for being such an upstanding representative of the US Government.”
This uncool move of his is considered a huge blunder for many reasons, primarily because if “Iran can convince other countries that the United States is at fault for a breakdown in the talks, it will be harder for any president to maintain economic sanctions that have been the main tool for putting international pressure on Tehran.”
Secondly, if every Congress person threw a “cottonball,” then diplomacy would be exponentially “harder for every future president — including Republicans.”
That GOP Letter to Iran? Not Illegal, But Not Smart Either by Doyle McManus. LA Times.
Across our beautiful world, We Are All One.
Gavin