I stated at the beginning this evening there is a line of thought rarely exploited in today's dialogue. Americans are clearly and mostly wrapped up with domestic issues. That is not a good measure of reality.
When Daesh rose up from the sands in the Middle East it was clearly an effort by Baghdadi, who was once a USA prisoner. His dialogue with the people that would come to follow him was based in hatred of The West and it's influence in the Middle East. Baghdadi wanted a return of a caliphate that would take over the world. The rapid growth of Baghdadi's idea resulted because of weak military ability regardless of the best training and equipment in the world in Iraq. That military equipment would be overrun by young Baghdadi followers and turned against the very people that it was supposed to protect.
As a result of the traumatic rise of Daesh in the Middle East, a religious charism was attached to the Baghdadi regime. That charismatic movement spread rapidly with the use of the world wide web. Every sovereign country was at risk. At greatest risk were countries in the Middle East and the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia. As a result, there was a call for unity throughout the world to strengthen the resolve of governments to oppression a potential uprising of radicalism due to the call to Baghdadi's caliphate.
The response was incredible. Country after country denounced the false prophet and called for spiritual strength in securing Allah's place firmly in the hearts of the people. The military fight took back land from Baghdadi and today there is a far smaller footprint of this regime. The only real questions still remain to the stability and internal function of the government in Libya and the security of the people.
Consider this. The world community of nations has come together several times to declare their stance for well being of citizens and proclaim Earth's climate as a concern to all.
Consider now, a communist leader expelled from global financial markets only to seek more power through nationalism in his own country. Then to use that nationalism to attempt to build a duplicate military presence globally that the USA once had. With the movement of Putin into all countries because of global solidarity of goodwill begun as a method to end suffering and protect citizens from the ravages of the climate crisis; where is the USA's national security with a President that continually kisses the ring of Vladimir Putin?
I sincerely believe the signs of a threat to the USA by Russia is overwhelming and I also believe the global community, while amused by Trump, has no idea what is coming.
President Obama spoke to the world from the strength of democracy and human rights, but, Trump speaks to the world for political points back home. I think the USA is in trouble in a way it hasn't been for a long time.
The last time the USA faced a nuclear threat it was after a USA General was president. This time, it is because a Plutocrat in the White House is tired of paying taxes and being excommunicated from the financial world. Last time, the USA had a president it could trust, this time there is a president that Vladimir Putin can trust.
