[dropcap]A[/dropcap] couple of days/weeks ago, I had raised the subject of how Russian President, Valdamir Putin was finally standing up to Islamist terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) as President Barack Obama spent months blowing cheap rhetorics around the world – at the time, some folks were so sure I didn’t know what I was talking about – well, things have changed even further from then – all of a sudden, even IRAN and RUSSIA have now been invited to join the talks on SYRIA – by which nation? Take a wild guess!
Then it gets even more predictable, the US is now running helter-skelter to renew bombing ISIS as well – all in a bid not to be seen to be ‘a lesser power’ to Russia (and by extension, IRAN) – so if you are one of those that argued against me earlier on “the reasons why America would not want to bother fighting ISIS”, what would now be your next line of defense?
I am paying attention to ISIS here because I insist this completely wicked neglect adopted by Obama’s White House was the same script it played regarding Nigeria v Boko Haram – this is the very reason why I would prefer a Republican as the next President of the US; there is a unique reason why GOD has allowed the US to play the role it has always played in the world – a leader who does not understand the spiritual importance of that role should not be in that office – a proper American President should not sit idly as 20,000+ Nigerians are killed by a sect in 5 years; as 200,000+ Syrians are murdered in cold blood in the same timeframe; and as another 1,000,000+ get forced into exile – while that President keeps blaming the respective leaders of these nations for such scenarios rather than finding creative ways to engage these problems.
If America wants to resign its role as the stabilizing global power, it should vacate the unique seats/roles it holds at the United Nations; withdraw its powers in NATO, and stop being the moral umpire of how this world works – you can’t choose to retains such powers and influence while also claiming to be adopting the international diplomacy practices of “We don’t get involved!”
The United States of America simply cannot eat its cake and still have it!
Favour Afolabi is a political commentator who runs fbablogs.com in his spare time; and owns a real estate brokerage services company. He tweeted from @favourafolabi.
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