Are we paying
enough attention to world events? If we are not, who else may be?
Think of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 by the Ukrainian
separatists. How does a rag-tag band of farmers, shop keepers and grocers
get their hands on and use a sophisticated surface to air missile system that
is capable of shooting down a plane as high as 70,000 feet in the air? In
this case the answer is easy, the Russians provided both the hardware and the
training required to shoot down the plane full of 298 civilians. The
Russians deny this fact while at the same time put forth rationale for why such
actions are justifiable (more on this “Diaspora Doctrine” later).
But who else
could obtain such sophisticated hardware and training? By all accounts,
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is the most well-funded and
organized terrorist organization in history. ISIL has taken over mass
land areas of Iraq
and are taxing the citizens that it now “rules.” In addition, ISIL has
seized revenue generating facilities such as oil fields and dams. ISIL
has even pilfered and estimated $450 million from a bank it took control over
as part of its ongoing territorial conquests.
Would China , Russia ,
Syria , Iran and/or
North Korean be willing to sell ISIL a sophisticated surface to air missile
system? If the price was right and any of these countries could conduct
the transaction with any form of plausible deniability – of course they
would. North Korea
would not even worry about having plausible deniability. The rest of the
above named countries would insist on back door dealings through intermediaries
to conceal their dealing with terrorists. Putin would do it just to cause
more problems for America .
The Syrians would be willing to do it if they could obtain a deal that ISIL
leaves them alone (probably not likely as Syria
is a part of the Levant ). However, ISIL
could get an intermediary to fool the Syrian’s into selling the systems without
the Syrian’s knowing that the systems are heading to ISIL.
ISIL could shoot
down an American or European airliner almost anywhere in the Middle
East . With their enormous resources, ISIL could even conceal
a surface to air missile system on a large yacht and sail close to the shores
of any Western country and shoot down an airliner (or airliners) of their
choice.
ISIL could use
its vast financial resources and land mass to train any and all terrorists
groups that are aligned with their hatred of Western society. Imagine
Hamas being trained to use a sophisticated missile system and ISIL then
smuggling one into Gaza . The
pronouncement of Al-Qaeda's demise has been premature.
Is it not clear
that ISIL is an imminent threat to the entire world? They have stated
that they intend to raise their flag over the White House. Do we need any
more warning?
This is scary
stuff and it is only one extrapolation of today’s events into tomorrow’s
nightmares. Here is another. Russia claims
that it must protect Russian speaking people wherever they may live. Does
that give them the right to secede Crimea from Ukraine ? Does it give them
the right to invade the ten countries that are home to more than 500,000
Russian speaking people? By the way, the United
States , Israel
and Brazil
are among the ten countries with greater than 500,000 Russian speaking
people. If Putin is not forced to return Crimea to Ukraine , this
principle of “Diaspora Protection by the Fatherland” (or the Diaspora Doctrine)
will be accepted. Putin most likely assumes that it is already
an accepted principle. He has an 80% approval rate at home and is
obviously going to invade Eastern Ukraine
before the separatists completely collapse. Will America and our European
allies be willing to take the strong actions required by such an invasion
(arming the Ukrainian army, building NATO forces in all the surrounding Baltic
countries, mass naval deployment in the Black Sea and cutting all economic ties
with Russia – including energy)?
Unfortunately, I
do not believe that the Western allies would be willing to take those necessary
actions and thus, the Diaspora Doctrine will be an accepted international
geopolitical principle.
How does this
Diaspora Doctrine project into the future? How many Chinese people are
there? Why are they spreading out all over the globe? I just came
back from New Zealand
where 20% of the population is now Asian. The majority of that 20% is
Chinese. Do the Chinese have a 5-year plan to populate more and more
countries so that after they build up their military they can create excuses
for implementing the Diaspora Doctrine? I was in Beijing
for the 2008 Olympics and I was very disturbed by the Olympic Slogan that was
displayed everywhere in Beijing :
“One World, One Dream.”
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