Science, technology and industry have made the world so small,
anything that happens in one place affects all the places on the globe, in one
fashion or another.
For this reason, those that have not brought themselves to
thinking globally in what they say or do, have little chance of advancing
whatever cause they champion. Thus, you'll find that today, most people think
globally … including those that hark back to a time when globalism was a strange
something that nobody knew how to define. These people worship a has-been era,
as they remain motivated by the belief that the glorious past is still alive,
but taking a nap and about to wake-up and rule again.
Two authors who believe in the global phenomenon but from very
different angles, have pronounced themselves lately. They wrote about the
crisis in Venezuela, and how America is handling the situation there.
On February 12, 2019 Benny Avni wrote a piece under the title:
“Why Venezuela's struggle for freedom has Iran's rulers worried,” a column that
was published in the New York Post. Two days later, Mark N. Katz wrote a piece
under the title: “Suspicion over US motives in Latin America warranted,” and
the subtitle: “Elliott Abrams should answer Ilhan Omar's questions,” an article
that was published in the New York Daily News.
Benny Avni worships the colonial era, which is a time when the
world was populated by human predators in the business of hunting down human
preys, and robbing them of their possessions. This is why Avni is firmly wedded
to the idea that the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people by Jewish
hunters that come from all over the globe, is a marvelous phenomenon that
should continue till the hunters acquire all that they want.
But Israel is situated in the Middle East where there is also
Iran, a nation that is regarded by the Jews in Israel and America—such as Benny
Avni—as an impediment to Israel's effort at implementing its genocidal designs
on the people of Palestine. Moreover, this being a globalized world, it happens
that Iran and Venezuela are in one and the same boat, according to Benny Avni.
This is why, to escape this unpleasant reality, he could not help but be drawn
to reveries of the golden era of colonialism.
And so, to Benny Avni, the struggle in Venezuela and Iran boils
down to the following:
“The regimes in Tehran and Caracas are birds of a feather. Iran
faces growing internal dissent and external sanctions. Ditto for the Bolivarian
Republic. Venezuelans seem close to toppling the regime. Iran may follow a
similar course. In both cases, tumbling oil prices transformed leading
petroleum exporters into basket cases. No wonder the two are such close
friends. The late Hugo Chavez merged the Latin-tinged 'Yankee Go Home' with the
Persian 'Death to America' chants. The two regimes find themselves in the same
boat. Trump's administration has used pressure points in support of Venezuelan
and Iranian regime opponents. In Venezuela, the streets erupted. Iran's clerics
must tremble as they watch their allies teeter”.
As can be seen, Avni is obsessed with the idea that the world is
made of good and evil. He believes that those who are not with us are against
us, and this makes them evil. It is why he firmly believes that they will lose
in the end. In fact, the end must be nearing as demonstrated by the difficult
time that Venezuela and Iran are experiencing. Avni has no proof that the
clerics in Iran are trembling, but his obsession is so powerful, it turned his
imagination into a reality he cannot shake off.
As to Mark Katz, the struggle in Venezuela boils down to the
following:
“What captivated those who follow the crisis in Venezuela was a
clash between Rep. Ilhan Omar and Elliott Abrams. Omar called into question
whether Abrams was acting in good faith. She recalled his role when the US
government illegally provided aid to the Nicaraguan Contras to fight the
Marxist regime there, and he pleaded guilty about lying to Congress. This
exchange was significant because it represented the clash of two worldviews
concerning American foreign policy. Abrams sees the goal of American foreign
policy as doing good for the people of other countries. But for Omar, US policy
involved the practice of overthrowing democratically elected leaders and
replacing them with military rule. The overthrows of Guatemala's Jacobo Arbenz
in 1954 and Chile's Salvador Allende in 1973 are examples”.
As can be seen, Mark Katz sees and teaches reality as it is, not
as he wishes it were. If he has an agenda of his own, he keeps it to himself,
being engaged in a line of work that bestowed on him the fiduciary duty of
being truthful and impartial.