Quote Originally Posted by On Balance View Post
Again Omeg, you put into writing what many are thinking. There is nothing in what you write above that I or most others would disagree with.

Your last sentence in particular is interesting as I had not been aware of what Jon Stewart had said. I have actually had thoughts on whether it would be worth the UK/Europe looking for closer ties with China. That in itself is a scary thought, taking into account their human rights etc. However, this is what it might come to given the Trump regime and all that that has brought in the first 12 months of his current presidency.

As for the murder of Renee Good, Trump has her blood on his hands as he does have much Ukrainian blood too. America does have a domestic and international terrorist in their midst, and it is in the form of its current president.

I spoke this morning with a retired firearms police officer and he remarked that if he was in the shoes of the ICE officer he would be expecting to be on a murder charge in the foreseeable future. I think we can all see for ourselves that that officer was not in danger and the red mist came down.

The world is in a mess due to Putin and Trump and a few others. As has been said before, our domestic issues pale into insignificance given the global mess we are currently experiencing.
The world certainly is in a mess OB and whilst it is natural for most of us to be more concerned with immediate issues closer to hand whether family, home, work or domestic politics, a growing part of me is beginning to feel like those generations must have felt like in the build up to WW2 or during the Cuba Crisis.

A New World Order does seem to be taking shape whether deliberately so or not and whilst I certainly do not like a lot of what the CCP regime are doing or stand for it seems that Xi Jinping may be saner than either Putin or Trump after all. The UK cannot afford to allow itself to be over dependent on trade with anyone but if Trump cannot be trusted then it makes sense to at least forge better economic ties not only with Europe but also with China which may in turn afford us better protection from Putin. Far from ideal but then I guess all countries have to accept their limitations and have a degree of pragmatism and real politik. I have an increasing fear, however, that the UK is behind the curve at the moment and sleepwalking into potentially dangerous and unstable times. Cue the concerns of a certain Private Frazier...😁🤔