A famous saying goes something like this: If you give a man a fish
to eat, he'll survive for a few days. But if you teach him how to fish, he'll
survive for as long as his natural lifespan will allow it.
Of course, this is a metaphor that applies in many situations, one
of which being the survival of the United States of America as a sovereign
nation. As it happened, the group of people that inhabited the American
colonies two and a half centuries ago and before, were foreigners in a country
that had not yet existed. But they had a vision for getting rid of the colonial
masters, and declaring themselves a sovereign republic.
These were the foreigners who became the American patriots that agitated
to oppose the British occupation of the colonies. They were also the soldiers
who fought and lived or fought and died in the war of independence. And they
were the forefathers that produced the Federalist Papers, and went on to
formulate the articles of Confederation.
All of this was the one-time gift that the foreigners gave to the
nation-in-the-making; one that eventually took on the name: United States of
America. But was this the one-time fuel that has allowed the country to survive
as a free nation till now? Or is it that we're seeing the flame of independence
thinning like the man that ate the fish but didn't learn how to catch them,
thus could not go on living beyond a short span?
If we look at America's performance in another field, and guess
from what we see how the country will react to the question of maintaining its
independence, the signs are not encouraging. For example, instead of
endeavoring to create an indigenous class of entrepreneurs that can maintain
America at the leading edge of innovation and industry, the decision makers of
America pride themselves on being an exceptional nation. But what does that
mean?
It means that America's decision makers do not care about
producing their own geniuses and entrepreneurs. To keep up with the rest of the
world, they prefer to import the geniuses and the highly motivated from other
countries. This is like looking for someone new to give them a fish every so
often. But the way that the world is transforming at this time, there aren't
enough geniuses and entrepreneurs willing to leave their countries and emigrate
to America. That's because their own countries––that used to be
underdeveloped––have now developed enough to give them the opportunity to
flourish at home.
Likewise, the majority of America's so-called nativists seem to
rely on someone else to keep the country free of foreign influence, whether
that influence is generated externally by outside powers, or generated
internally by groups that pretend to have America's interest at heart but, in
reality, have their loyalty somewhere else.
The visible signs of all this, are foreign Jews living in Israel
who pop up on American print and electronic media, and tell America's decision
makers that because the Arabs, “know nossing about za damacracy,” America must
get involved in the affairs of the Middle East, and stand on the side of
Israel. At the same time, however, those who are of Arab descent, as well as
the African Americans and the other people of color living in America –– urge
the decision makers to spend their time and energy working for America instead.
But what's this all about? It's about the Jews of Israel and
America trying to mobilize the entire power base and resources of America, and
put them in the service of Israel. Since the Arabs and the Muslims would be the
victims of America's aggression overseas, they advise America to turn its
attention to the needs of its local population instead. And because the African
American population, and the other people of color are the most disadvantaged
in America, members of these groups have joined the call for America to look
after its own people rather than waste the young lives and wealth of the
country to please the never-satisfied Jews.
After five decades of Jewish idle ranting, two of which coincided
with the American attempts to subjugate the Arabs and the Muslims, the American
decision makers have finally seen the light, and have decided that yes, what
the Jews were leading them into, was delusional. You can see this reality in
the article that came under the title: “The 'Afghanistan Papers' and the
delusions of nation-building,” and the subtitle: “Strategy failed, but plans
must be made for when troops leave.” It was written by Jed Babbin and published
on December 28, 2019 in The Washington Times. Here is Babbin's conclusion in
condensed form:
“What should be an important debate since Sept. 11, 2001, is not
happening. Two presidents insisted on nation-building as a strategy. This
required compliant generals to delude themselves and lie to the public. The
results of 18 years of war in Afghanistan are clear, nation building has
utterly failed and nothing has been accomplished that won't evaporate the
moment our forces withdraw. Nearly 2,400 US troops have died in combat and more
than 20,000 were wounded. We have poured about $1 trillion into Afghanistan,
trying to build schools, roads, dams and power plants. Much of the money was
wasted. There is little we have to show for our sacrifices because we never
understood Afghanistan”.
This is not the first time that America was given a bitter lesson
it was not supposed to forget, but did forget. Will history repeat itself? Or
will America make this lesson the last one to learn?