"When the gazelle wakes up, he knows he must run faster than the cheetah or die. When the cheetah wakes up, she knows she has to run faster than the gazelle or starve. No matter who you are, when you wake up, you had better start running."
To illustrate corporate espionage, we use terrorist organizations as example targets. We define terrorism as attempting to subvert the democratic process through violence. We recognize democracy as the only legitimate form of government. Ultimately, all non-democracies are terrorist organizations.
Of course, no government is perfect, and democracy is no exception. In some democracies, notably Colombia and Kenya, organized crime is an integral part of the political structure. In Malaysia and Congo-Brazzaville, tyranny of the majority prevails. Yet even these democracies differ from non-democracies in kind: they support political parties rather than terrorist cells.
Every democracy is of vital strategic interest to all the Democracies. When a democracy turns its back on another, it invariably gets shot in the ass. In 1938, Britain and France appeased the Nazis and turned their backs on Austria and Czechoslovakia; and World War II gained further momentum as Poland gladly accepted a slice of Czechoslovakia. After the war, and despite the lessons of the previous ten years, Truman kowtowed to the French and turned his back on the Vietnamese (and his own Doctrine); and the 10,000-Day War intensified.
More recently, we have lost Burma and Zimbabwe. Venezuela and Russia fell next (and are dragging along, respectively, Bolivia and Tajikistan). On the other hand, democratic signs in Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Liberia, as well as Afghanistan and Bhutan are encouraging. And in Nepal a 10-year Maoist rebellion seems to be ending.
"Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong -- these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history." (Winston Spencer Churchill, MP; House of Commons, May 2, 1935)
Let's take a closer look at some of the United Nations that help shape global policies: Buying commodities and products from these countries is the same as buying blood diamonds; doing business with them is choosing the wrong side:
Saudi Arabia: militarized monarchy; still practices slavery; at the center of virtually all terrorism; this and its wealth make it our primary interest; theta
Syria: military regime; supports global terrorism
Lebanon: Syrian-backed regime (and Iranian-backed Hezbollah)
Palestinian Territories: guerrilla groups (Fatah/PLO, Hamas)
"How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas masks here because of a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing." (Neville Chamberlain, P.M.; BBC, September 27, 1938; epitomizing defeatism)
Iran: Islamic/Nazi theocracy; supports global terrorism: Seventy years ago, Nazi Germany began to militarize the Rhineland. A simple policing action would have kept the Rhineland demilitarized, and Hitler's government would have collapsed in disgrace. But France backed down, and World War II began with a whimper. Now, Iran is weaponizing their nuclear program. Now -- with surrounding Allied forces in Iraq, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan -- is not the time for more "endless repetition of history." (With the increasing availability of nuclear weapons, none of these states can be tolerated any longer: they are far more capable than terrorist cells of using the weapons.)
Azerbaijan: quickly becoming a one-party "republic"; .az
Turkmenistan: one-party, cult-of-personality dictatorship; .tm
Russia: Putin and his KGB gangsters have taken absolute control; .ru
Tajikistan: Russian toady; .tj
Belarus: Europe's last dictatorship; .by
Uzbekistan: one-party "republic"
Kazakhstan: another once-democracy hijacked by incumbents; .kz
Pakistan: military regime
"It was Britain's misfortune -- and the world's -- that the men at the helm of His Majesty's Governments in the 1930s had lost England's compass and, lacking the wisdom of Caesar, thought you could strike a deal by shaking hands with barbarians. In those shabby years they believed that there were some things the country ought not to know, and that their policy of duplicity -- which at times amounted to conspiracy -- would be vindicated in the end. So, with their eyes open, they sought accommodation with a criminal regime, turned a blind eye to its iniquities, and ignored its frequent resort to murder and torture -- until they had led England herself into the shadow of the gallows." (Wm. Manchester, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill; Alone: 1932-1940)
Maldives: one-party Islamic "republic"; .mv
Oman: absolute monarchy; .om
Yemen: tribal; .ye
Bahrain: monarchy; .bh
Qatar: monarchy; still practices slavery; .qa
United Arab Emirates: tribal; slavery still practiced; .ae
Somalia: tribal; .so
Sudan: military regime; supports global terrorism; still practices slavery
Libya: the dictatorship of a Hitlerian blackmailer
Egypt: military regime
Algeria and Tunisia are two republics trying to remain secular in this region.
"I have been following the Czechoslovakian problem with keen interest. I think we are making things more difficult by declaring such a feeble policy." (16-year-old Mary Churchill, 1938)
Mauritania: Islamic theocracy; .mr
Guinea: military regime (through rigged elections); .gn
Cote d'Ivoire: a house divided: civil war continues; .ci
Togo: unconstitutional monarchy in its second generation; .tg
Equatorial Guinea: military regime (through rigged elections); oil source for Red China; .gq
Gabon: the same French-supported president since 1967; .ga
Congo-Kinshasa: "Democratic Republic"; second-generation dictatorship; .cd
Rwanda and Eritrea: military powderkegs; .rw, .er
Zimbabwe: a once-democracy hijacked by incumbents; .zw
Swaziland: monarchy; .sz
Three of the usual suspects: communist dinosaurs which support global terrorism and human trafficking:
- Cuba
- Red China (including Hong Kong; a Soviet Union wannabe; .cn, .hk)
- North Korea
Horrifically, rotating members of the UN's Commission on Human Rights include Cuba, Red China, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Pakistan, Bahrain, Sudan, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Vietnam.
"Virtuous motives, trammelled by inertia and timidity, are no match for resolute wickedness. A sincere love of peace is no excuse for muddling hundreds of millions into total war when action would be simple and effective. The cheers of weak, well-meaning assemblies soon cease to echo; their votes soon cease to count: Doom marches on." (Winston Spencer Churchill, The Gathering Storm)
Southeast Asia:
Vietnam: communist (because Truman didn't apply his Doctrine here, thereby supporting French oppression; perhaps there's a lesson in that); .vn
Laos: communist; .la
Myanmar (Burma): military; actively keeps legitimate democracy from power; practices slavery; .mm
Singapore: another one-party "republic"; where Myanmar's junta goes for medical care; .sg
Brunei: sultanate; .bn
On the other hand, the Philippines, Thailand, and, to a lesser degree, Cambodia are regional bright spots -- and worthy of our support. For instance, helping the Philippines defend their islands close to the terrorist-harboring island of Borneo (Malaysia/Brunei/Indonesia) and their waters from Red-China-sponsored pirates.
Venezuela: president models himself after the dictators of Cuba and Zimbabwe; still practices slavery; .ve
"This is not a question of fighting for Danzig or fighting for Poland. We are fighting to save the whole world from the pestilence of tyranny and in defence of all that is most sacred to man. This is no war of domination or imperial aggrandisement or material gain; no war to shut any country out of the sunlight and means of progress. It is a war, viewed in its inherent quality, to establish, on impregnable rocks, the rights of the individual, and it is a war to establish and revive the stature of man." (Winston Spencer Churchill, MP; House of Commons, September 3, 1939)
in danger: Iraq (the world's rag doll); Bolivia (trying to follow in Venezuela's footsteps, practices slavery)
in transition: Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Liberia; Afghanistan, Bhutan
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