It all started long before we thought it started. Why did they hate us so much that they would cross many lands and oceans to attack and kill us? Hate and fear are driving the world insane.
September 11, 2001 was the culmination of years of planning and hate. After the numbing shock of that fateful morning, we glued our eyes and ears to unbelievable acts of barbarity contrasted with unrivaled acts of bravery and heroism. The differences between these two forces could not have been more stark then, and they’re still with us today.
There is a peace that surpasses all understanding, and those who have it should rest in it. This world is on its final leg, not because of climate change or any other ideological phenomena, but due to mankind’s bent to do evil, to inflict hate, and to induce fear in others. It’s not politics as many assume. It’s human nature.
Everybody sees a lot of good and bad as well as a lot of insanity in the world, but each of us sees these things differently. Some of us are fed up with those too stupid to do the right thing. Others are fed up with those who want to force everyone to conform to one-size-fits-all. Throw in a new administration that couldn’t empty sand from a boot with directions written on the heel, and we have a formula for … what? Insanity?
As we approach the 20th anniversary of 911, we need to remember the good and the bad of that day and those following. The impact of 911 jolted us to remember that while we are many and diverse peoples, we are all Americans. Since then, though, we’ve divided ourselves into competing self-identity teams cheered on by corporate media, big government, and big tech.
There was a time when the world looked to America for leadership, help, and deliverance. We’ve lost all of that in fewer than 8 months. The divisions we’ve seen among us since 2001 have been much more destructive than any foreign foes we have ever faced. We’ve abandoned our founders’ belief in a small central government with much more power given to the states and the people. America is collapsing into itself.
The world is considerably smaller than it’s ever been, and many are scrambling to control as much of it as possible. America makes up a mere 4-percent of the world’s population. With such a small population perhaps it was inevitable that America would lose its influence in the world. China and Russia are making moves to consolidate their influence around the world. Iran and Saudi Arabia are flexing their power in the Middle East. Afghanistan has become the jewel of Islamic Jihadists.
Wars and rumors of wars will increase in coming years, and leading nations in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East will begin to coalesce into a governing authority, both militarily and economically. World leaders will laud peace and safety even as wars, famines, and pandemics spread rampantly around the globe. All societies will be reduced to two classes: the ruling class and the poor. Historically, this has been the societal model until America grew a middle class.
America has finally fallen, and soon the whole world will fall.
Daniel L. Gardner is a syndicated columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.
11 comments:
I am unsure whether there is more hate today but there's an increasing chance of the world having no superpower which is not communist or becoming communist. One that will rebuke tyranny. Or, have I missed a beltway spiritual awakening?
RMQ
@7:17
It doesn't matter anymore. The rootless cosmopolitan international bankers still control things. Borders and superpowers no longer matter.
A lack of responsibility on behalf of the majority, when are you going to take responsibility for the numerous failures, and constant foot shooting of your fellow man and woman?
Daniel is a walking illustration of left-hand peak of the Dunning-Kruger curve.
How can someone simultaneously be (a) dumb enough look at the last five (or twenty) years and conclude that the world lost respect for the U.S. suddenly over the last eight months; but also (b) confident enough to write an essay making bold predictions on international affairs and offer it for publication?
The answer is that ignorance and confidence closely correlate. People who know very little are blissfully unaware of how much they don't understand, and thus --as with Daniel here-- are happy to, e.g., make broad, bold pronouncements on questions that people with decades of experience would say are impossible to predict.
Well, that was dismal defeatist. I guess he will go find another country and quit writing columns? Ok, bye!
Is it our God given right to be a super power and sit on our asses playing video games while the rest of the world lives in squalor? That’s what your mammas led you to believe. Nope,
Pres. Joe Xiden has opened our borders, new Afghanistan same as old Afghanistan, and the jihadists still want to kill us. Next time it will be malls, schools, and government buildings.
Well @8:29 Borders should matter. It’s the only reason a country is a country. America saw this coming decades ago. We fought in Korea, Vietnam and a host of other places to fight communist in their country so we wouldn’t have to fight them here. Americans had to know we would die a slow agonizing death if we didn’t.
And now it’s slithered into America at the highest levels of education and throughout corporations. We’ve allowed Marxist to be elected to the highest office in the land and topped it off electing Muslims who despise us into congress. Americans have grown fat and have become crying children instead of leaders. They knew when they finally fooled Black America that they should help tear down this hateful nation and rebuild it back better they were winning. For now they believe it’s over but it’s not.
I didn’t waste my time reading Gardner’s dribble, but the comments are interesting .
Nervous radar-finger today.
I want my 3 minutes back after reading that uplifting opinion!
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