{UAH} “President Joe Biden is Drowning International Politics in the Sand dunes of The Middle East”.

By Ocaya p'Ocure

 

After being in the office in less than a month, in a Virtual Conference with Western World leaders, President Joe Biden, declared with a lot of euphoria that "Diplomacy is back". The noble declaration was blasphemously contradicted by American bombs raining on Syria with the infamous claims of targeting facilities used by 'enemies' of US in the Middle East. The bomb blasts must have put the claim of "Diplomacy is back," deep down the sand dunes. Demagogical but, or presumably, Biden wanted to signal to Iran that it would completely pay very heavy prices if it were to order attacks against US troops in the regions by political pressures from both Washington and Israel.

In other words, the sound of "Diplomacy is back" is dead on arrival. Again, this can blockade the well-recognised policy on Iran Nuclear Deal, the famous Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by the Obama Administration. Some years back, an American Diplomat stated, "Elections have consequences". Well, American's just elected President Joe Biden calls Russian President Vladimir Putin "a killer". On his part, Putin responded by taking both the high and low road. On the one hand, he wished Biden good health without saying it with irony or joke.

On the other hand, he responded with, "he who said it, did it". The US again calls China a threat to world order. China counters that the Western World under American tutelage lacks the moral qualifications to judge China. One must state that the World politics has gone back to the sand dune level with the gusts of wind during the Cold War period blowing again. To me, the election of Joe Biden by the Americans came with great cheers in the Western World, but in Moscow and Beijing it was completely greeted with silence. Clearly, one may sadly infer that ex-President Donald Trump might have been more of a leader in the taste of both Putin and Xi Jinping.

The newcomer, President Biden appears to feel the need to prove his toughness against his two rivals. Sadly, this notion may even drive President Biden to try to break with ex-President Trump's gilding with all sorts of dictators including Putin and Xi. This is probably why President Biden gnawed and grinded his teeth before answering a question from a TV reporter about whether he considered Putin to be "a killer". So, that is how Biden's "Diplomacy is back" proclamation is shaping up. The American foreign policies under both Republicans and Democrats must not abdicate their responsibilities by singing Alleluia regardless of the state of human rights in the world. President Biden should not bring himself down to the gutter politics of his GOP nemesis.

The prevailing state of human rights in the world is still pathetic. American under both GOP and Democrat Administrations continue to hunt both Edward Snowden and Julian Assange for revealing their unsavoury secrets. America is still embroiled in a direct war in Afghanistan, in proxy wars in Somalia and the Middle East. On the domestic front, one must not forget the murder of George Floyd by an American Policeman, Derek Chauvin, in broad-day light which ignited a worldwide rage. Of course, there are so many other unjust murders of black people in America. Still, there is no evidence that such murders are about to end any time soon. So, President Biden, while the world welcomed your declaration that "Diplomacy is back", some of your actions in your young administration calls for skepticism. The world will continue to watch to see if you will act accordingly to the declared return of diplomacy.

By Ocaya p'Ocure, a social affair and political commentator, Uppsala Sweden.

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