Ronald H. Linden started telling the history of the Eastern
Mediterranean by recounting the adventures of “an aggressive people of
mysterious origins” who attacked and severely weakened the big empires of the
time, three thousand years ago.
Linden put his thoughts in the form of an article that came
under the title: “China is Buying Up Ports and Influence Across Europe” and the
subtitle: “Europeans need to pay some attention to the costs of Chinese port
investments as a part of their Maritime Silk Road.” It was published on June
10, 2018 in The National Interest.
From discussing the ancient past, the writer suddenly jumped
to modern times, and talked about the Chinese people whose, “attacks are not
military in nature, and their ambitions are not territorial conquest.” That's a
good thing, no doubt. But in telling a story of this nature, it would have been
preferable to tell what happened in the interim between the ancient times of
the sea peoples and the modern times of the Chinese people.
That's because what happened between then and now has
resulted in profound consequences. In fact, the colonial era is the most
important part of history that Ronald Linden chose to omit. This was a moment
in time when important events played big roles in shaping the way that events
are unfolding today. To ignore this part of history is to distort it so badly,
it becomes a different story.
The way that the author described the energetic manner with
which the Chinese are operating, and the lethargic manner with which the
Europeans are responding to the Chinese initiatives, make it sound like both
the Far and Middle Easts are on their way to taking back ownership of the Long
March of Civilization. If this turns out to be the case, it means that Western
Civilization –– as savage and bloody as it has been –– represents but a short
interruption between the two tranches of the Eastern Civilization … that which
is peaceful and naturally amenable to coexisting with other cultures and other
civilizations. Utopia may yet be reconstituted.
Meanwhile, the reason why it is important to mention the
colonial part of history, is that the people who were affected by it are not
forgetting it. Much time will have to pass before they can dismiss the reality
that colonialism has altered the development of their cultures in a massive
way. More important, the effect of what happened to them decades ago is still
around them; and may never be completely erased. All we need to do to
understand what these people must be going through at this time, is to look at
the mess that's consuming the Levant as well as parts of Africa and Asia,
including China.
The Europeans –– most of whom participated in the colonial
project –– understand this part of the narrative. This should help explain the
reason for their apparent lethargy. They can see in retrospect that when they
had the guns and used them to impose their will on the rest of the world, they
did not make the world better like they promised they would. On the contrary, they
disrupted the peaceful Silk Road of ancient times, among other things, to
benefit their own people at the expense of those that could not defend
themselves.
Now that the guns have become obsolete, and the Chinese are
rebuilding the Silk Road of yesteryear while abiding by the old philosophy of
peaceful coexistence, the Europeans cannot and will not repeat the old
mistakes. In addition, the East has acquired a deterrent force more powerful
that the guns of an earlier era. It sits in its hideouts (safely tucked away
but ready to fly on order) as a reminder to everyone that the East cannot be
messed with ever again.
And so, it can be seen that the Europeans will not
appreciate an American – such as Ronald Linden – telling them how to handle a
situation that's playing in their backyard. For example, the Europeans may see
the way that Linden ended his article and dismiss him as irrelevant. Here is
what he said: “If the Europeans are to avoid a 'race to the bottom,' there will
need to be some attention paid to the costs of Chinese investment and some
cooperative mechanisms implemented”.
Upon reading this, the Europeans will think to themselves:
What does he know about racing to the bottom? Having benefited from the demonic
work we started in the area of genocide and slavery, the Americans will never
understand the state of remorse in which we live.
In addition, recognizing what it is that held back the human
march to a more civilized existence, the Europeans may see fit to turn the
table and start lecturing to the Americans about the perils of letting
themselves be guided by the Jewish mentality which dragged them into wars and
genocidal colonial enterprises.