Dimitri
K. Simes has written an interesting article about a new world order that's in
the making, except for one thing ... in fact, except for several related
things. They are that Simes has done his analysis looking through the lens of
existing paradigms. He is not allowing for the possibility that most of these
paradigms will shift or vanish altogether as time passes.
Not
only is it obvious that those paradigms are on their way out, but the intent of
world leaders shaping the future that Simes is talking about — is to turn those
paradigms on their heads. Thus, it makes little sense to speak of someone
changing the status quo, yet speak of the effects of that status remaining
static. That's what will strike you when you go over the article which came
under the title: “Dangerous Liaisons,” written by Dimitri Simes and published
on December 16, 2018 in The National Interest.
Dimitri
Simes begins the discussion by criticizing what he calls “Washington's
conventional wisdom,” and more specifically, Defense Secretary James Mattis,
for not taking seriously the possibility of China and Russia coming together to
form an alliance that will militate against the United States. This is
something that's already in the works, says Simes, giving a detailed account of
the pros and cons of what he sees as an alliance that's growing stronger and
more menacing. He then concludes that, “Ignoring possible Sino-Russian
cooperation against the United States, and the factors that can exacerbates it,
could be very costly”.
What
is missing here? Well, the writer might have developed a different point of
view, and might have written a different article had he addressed what the late
George H. W. Bush (41) called “the vision thing.” No; that would not be Bush's
vision of a thousand points of light, but the vision of the leaders who reside
in Moscow and Beijing. In fact, it would also be the vision of most leaders in
the 200 or so jurisdictions that form the human family.
To
understand what that means, it will help to paraphrase an old saying ... this
one: it was easier to take the world out of the Cold War, than it is to take
the Cold War out of those who experienced it firsthand. These people still
think in terms of: “They see a partnership directed against the West and the
United States. Should such an alignment come to pass, the dynamics of global
geopolitics and economics would change to America's and the West's
disadvantage.” How archaic!
This
is not the direction where the world is going. The spirit of the Cold War was
created by Winston Churchill. It almost died two decades later, except that the
Jews revived it and sustained it for another half century because it yielded
large dividends for them. But the Cold War is practically dead now, and there
is no reason to believe that it can be revived again. That's because Churchill
has been fully discredited, and the Jews fully neutralized.
What
we have now is a burgeoning mentality that harks back to the age of a
precolonial era when international commerce in goods and services, as well as
the exchange of cultural presentations were in vogue. Instead of those that
have the power — seeking to exploit
those that don't have it — the current trend is to
help those that lag behind, catch up with those that are ahead. This way,
everybody gets to contribute to the enlargement of the pie rather than everyone
fighting to grab the largest piece in what used to be a zero-sum game.
The
Russians, Chinese, Indians and Japanese are getting together with the
Europeans, and working to develop the paradigms that will be used to build a
magnificent city for all of humanity. The city will be flooded with millions of
lights and will stand as a monument to what is good about the human species ...
that which will triumph over the evil created by Winston Churchill and by the
Jews who rushed to claim his mantle.
Standing
in the shadow of Ronald Reagan who was a prodigious user of the witty
one-liners, Bush 41 thought it wise to refrain from developing shibboleths
proper to him that could turn out to be duds. When he was criticized for his
shortcoming, he first complained about “that vision thing” but then asked his
speechwriters to come up with something, and they came up with the thousand
points of light … and it worked for him.
America
is now standing in the shadow of tomorrow's giants who will be known for
snatching the world form the jaws of Judeo-Churchillian darkness, and bathe it
in the floodlight of a new chapter highlighting the human effort to further develop
a Civilization that befits our talent as a unique species; one that may have no
rival in the entire universe. Will America pull a Bush 41, and come up with a
way to join those developing a city for all humanity?