Politicians egos do screw up the world

If war is too important to be left to the generals, then peace is too important to be left to the politicians. The world will be better off if left to the majority of citizens in each and every country. After all, they have Families to run.

America certainly has changed since the late 1930s. Congressmen and congresswomen and Senators have always had inflated egos, but none would have chosen to travel to speak with Hitler. Now we have the Speaker of the House going to Syria … what an ego that supercedes our National Interest. And Syria is such a minor player. I only hope here in America that the goal is media soothing of inflated ego vice something more sinister like self-appointed usurping of Constitutional powers for egos sake. Either is despicable, but they have different long term consequences. Both will probably get people killed who would otherwise live. San Francisco politicians playing at the big table in the middle east may not be properly prepared, but don’t expect their ego to admit or even know this.

The middle east certainly has changed during the same period. Massive oil incomes have financed the most repressive and hatred filled Islamic madrasahs that otherwise would be out in left field withering in the hot desert air. Now the egos of these people who would return us to the 7th century have been amplified by para-military and ecomonic actions (don’t forget the oil embargo in the 1970’s). Don’t leave out the massive egos of the Persian theorcratic rulers and puppet presidents who should have been slapped down decades ago, but are now fueled by Western reinforcement of their most heinous public actions that seem to go without public response. Covert action does not make a public relations campaign, and these Persian egos apparently become more inflated, and reckless. Where will this all end … with a nuclear attack somewhere?

The double standard of racism is appalling. Mugabe can assert his terrible ego (now into very old age, like 83) because of his race, and apparently get away with it in the West, and among his fellow African leaders. So while his people go down to ruin, not just economic ruin, but more as in starving, the world apparently turns a blind eye because his ego dominates all in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia). Once he kicks the bucket, or more likely is assasinated, I suppose the world’s do gooders will expect their leadership will step in to unscrew things. Good luck. The opportunity is now … seize it!

Everything China is wearing thin to many. More and more the rampant corruption and neopotism fueled by the rapid economic development, along with the rapid environmental degredations, will bring about a civil war … a revolution, in China. This is one way to check uncontrolled egos, or egos super inflated by their own personal experience. People can “kill the goose that lays the golden egg”.

There is a course of action that may give world peace a chance. Of course it must ignore politician’s egos. It is called western influence. One part of this course is already on auto-pilot. It is called business, and is relentless. The second part is not on auto-pilot. It is called politicians promoting western human values, full well knowing the final product will be some combination of western and eastern. This course is not on auto-pilot because of politicians egos. Depending on where one sits the solutions are voting or revolutions of various kinds to supercede the politicians egos. Don’t expect much compromise with ego driven politicians, especially when their power and money is under duress. Isn’t it funny that the old ideals of storming the Bastille were one of the underclass against the ruling class, and now it is much the same, except those filling the roles have changed.