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(Donald Trump ... president of the US: steadily dismantling post 1939-1945 war West leadership consensus...)
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
IN THE wake
of the just concluded captivating G7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, it is
evident that anti-establishment US President Donald Trump is steadily dismantling
that post 1939-1945 war cosily predictable West leadership consensus that has since
run most of the world including, particularly, Africa. The consequences of this
development are surely immense and varied and will be discussed and analysed
and discussed and analysed… As the cliché goes, watch this space!
(The New York Contemporary Five, “Consequences” [personnel: Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet; John Tchicai, alto saxophone; Don Moore, bass; JC Moses, drums; recorded: live, Jazzhus Montmarte, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 November 1963])
(Donald Trump ... president of the US: unequivocal condemnation of crime...)
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
“If I were to remain silent, I’d be
guilty of complicity.”
Albert Einstein
“The world is a dangerous place to
live, not because of people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t
do anything about it.”
Albert Einstein
AS I HAVE shown variously in recent essays
(see, for instance, Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, “Why Barack Hussein Obama must tell the world why he supported Igbo genocide”, http://re-thinkingafrica.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/on-30-march-2016-i-published-essay.html), the past 30 months represent the bloodiest stretch of the
ongoing phase-IV of the Igbo genocide by Nigeria led by Hausa-Fulani/islamist
jihadists whose regime is headed, currently, by Muhammadu Buhari, one of the
vilest genocidist operatives engaged in this crime against humanity. Three thousand Igbo
people have been murdered across Biafra in stepped up scorched earth campaigns
by the Nigeria military and its adjunct Fulani militia and Boko Haram
terrorists (latter 2 are part of the world’s 5 deadliest terrorist
organisations presently) since Buhari came to power in March 2015, having been
imposed as head of Nigeria’s regime by Barack Obama, the ex-US president of
African descent, and David Cameron, ex-British prime minister. It should be
stressed that at no time did the Obama presidency (White House, state
department, US embassy in Nigeria) nor indeed Cameron’s/May’s (successor)
British governments condemn these Igbo murders.
(Justin Welby ... archbishop of Canterbury: conspicuous silence...)
SIXTY per cent of the 3000 murdered Igbo have
occurred in Onicha and neighbouring towns and villages, southwest Biafra, which
are all located in the Onicha diocese of the Anglican communion, part of the
Church of England, one of this denomination’s largest population
districts in the world. Ninety-six per cent of Igbo are Christians and about 45
per cent of these protestant and overwhelming majority Anglican. Neither the Church of England
nor its head, Justin Welby, the archbishop of
Canterbury, who has known Muhammadu Buhari personally since
the former enjoyed an exponentially-lucrative
post working for French oil company Elf Aquitaine in the early 1980s in the
petroleum oil industry in Biafra’s Oshimili Delta, occupied by genocidist
Nigeria, has condemned any of these Igbo slaughters since
it began in November 2015 or offered public condolences to the aggrieved and
traumatised Anglican communion congregants... Since 1 January 2018, the
genocidists, spearheaded this time by the Fulani militia with logistical support
from the parent military, have embarked on the attack of Tiv and Jukun peoples
in the Benue valley northcentral Nigeria itself, majority of whom are
Christians, murdering hundreds. These state-organised massacres have continued
unabated.
Trump breaks this morbid silence of the states
of the world
BESIDES Amnesty International which has twice
published expansive reports on this phase of the Igbo genocide (http://re-thinkingafrica.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blog-post_30.html), US President Donald Trump’s unreserved condemnation of this atrocity and the murder
campaign in Nigeria’s northcentral region during his 30 April 2018 Washington joint-press conference with the visiting Buhari, is the first by not only a head of
state but president of one of the foremost powers of the world:
We have had serious problems with
Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria; We are going to be working on
that problem very, very hard because we cannot allow that to happen … It’s a
horrible story…
BIAFRANS and the peoples of the Benue valley in Nigeria are no doubt looking forward to the implementation of Trump’s
response in terminating this genocidist Nigeria’s state-organised crime.
(John Coltrane Quintet, “The believer” {composer: McCoy Tyner} [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Donald Bryd, trumpet; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Louis Hayes, drums; recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, US, 10 January 1958)
CHIEF JUSTICE Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President
Obama, fellow Americans and people of the world, thank you.
We, the
citizens of America are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our
country and restore its promise for all of our people.
Together, we
will determine the course of America and the world for many, many years to
come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships, but we will get the
job done. Every four years we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly
and peaceful transfer of power. And we are grateful to President Obama and
First Lady Michelle Obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition.
They have
been magnificent. Thank you.
Today’s ceremony however, has very special meaning, because
today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another
or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington,
DC. And giving it back to you, the people.
For too
long, have reaped the rewards of government while people have borne the cost.
Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians
prospered period, but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment
protected itself but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not
been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs and while they
celebrated in our nation's capital, there was little to celebrate for
struggling families all across our land.
That all
changes starting right here and right now, because this moment is your moment.
It belongs to you. It be longs to everyone gathered here today and everyone
watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration. And
this, the United States of America, is your country.
What truly
matters is not what truly controls our government but whether our government is
controlled by the people. January 20, 2017 will be remembered as the day the
people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of
our country will be forgotten no longer.
Everyone is listening to you now, you came by the tens of millions
to become part of a historic movement, the likes of which the world has never
seen before. At the centre of this movement is a crucial conviction, that
a nation exists to serve its citizens. Americans want great schools for their
children, safe neighbourhoods for their families and good jobs for themselves.
These are
just and reasonable demands of righteous people and a righteous public. But for
too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. Mothers and children
trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted-out factories, scattered like
tombstones across the landscape of our nation, an education system flush with
cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all
knowledge. And the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many
lives and robbed our country of so much unrealised potential.
This
American carnage stops right here and stops right now. We are one nation and
their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams and their success will be
our success. We share one heart, one home and one glorious destiny. The oath of
office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans.
For many
decades, we have enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry,
subsidised the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad
depletion of our military.
We have defended other nations’ borders while refusing to defend
our own. And spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America's
infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. We’ve made other countries
rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated
over the horizon.
One by one,
the factories shuttered and left our shores with not even a thought about the
millions and millions of American workers that were left behind. The wealth of
our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all
across the world. But that is the pass and now we are looking only to the
future.
We assemble
here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign
capital and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will
govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first,
America first. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign
affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families. We must
protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products,
stealing our companies and destroying our jobs.
Protection
will lead to great prosperity and strength. I will fight for you with every
breath in my body. And I will never ever let you down.
America will
start winning again, winning like never before. We will bring back our jobs. We
will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring
back our dreams.
We will
build new roads and highways and bridges and airports and tunnels and railways
all across our wonderful nation. We will get our people off of welfare and back
to work, rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.
We will
follow two simple rules, buy American and hire American. We will seek
friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world, but we do so with the
understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.
We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine
as an example. We will shine for everyone to follow.
We will
reinforce old alliances and form new ones and reform the world against radical
islamic terrorism which we will eradicate from the face of the earth. At the
bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of
America and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty
to each other.
When you
open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells
us how good and pleasant it is when god's people live together in unity. We
must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always
pursue sold art. When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.
There should
be no fear. We are protected and we will always be protected. We will be
protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement. And
most importantly, we will be protected by God.
Finally,
must think big and dream even bigger. In America, we understand that a nation
is only living as long it is striving. We will no longer accept politicians who
are all talk and no action, constantly complaining, but never doing anything
about it.
The time for
empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action. Do not allow anyone to tell
you that it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and
spirit of America. We will not fail.
Our country
will thrive and prosper again. We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready
to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth from the miseries of
disease and harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.
A new
national pride will stir ourselves, lift our sights and heal our divisions.
It's time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that
whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of
patriots.
We all enjoy
the same glorious freedoms. And we all salute the same great American flag. And
whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the wind-swept plains
of Nebraska, they look at the same night sky. They fill their heart with the
same dreams and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty
creator.
So to all
Americans in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to
mountain, from ocean to ocean, hear these words, you will never be ignored
again.
Your voice,
your hopes and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage,
goodness and love will forever guide us along the way. Together, we will make
America strong again.
We will make
America wealthy again. We will make America proud again.
We will make
America safe again. And yes, together, we will make America great again. Thank
you. God bless you. And God bless America. Thank you. God bless America.
(Ornette Coleman Quintet, “Broadway blues” [personnel: Coleman, alto saxophone; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet; Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; recorded: A&R Studios, New York, US, 29 April 1968])
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is specialist on the state and on genocide & wars in Africa in the post-1966 epoch – beginning with the Igbo genocide, 29 May 1966-present day, the foundational and most gruesome genocide of post-(European)conquest Africa. 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of this nation’s population were murdered by Nigeria and its allies, principally Britain. Africa and the rest of the world largely stood by and watched as the perpetrators enacted this horror most ruthlessly. The world could have stopped this genocide; the world should have stopped this genocide. This genocide inaugurated Africa’s current age of pestilence. During the period, 12 million additional Africans have been murdered in further genocide in Rwanda (1994), Zaïre/DRCongo (variously, since the late 1990s) and Darfur – west of the Sudan – (since 2004) and in other wars in Africa. African peoples have, presently, no other choice but exit/dismantle the extant genocide-state (the bane of their existence & progress) & construct own nation-centred states that serve their interests. He is author of several books & papers on the subject and his new book is entitled The longest genocide – since 29 May 1966 (2019).
