Friday, January 27, 2017

May -Trump, the alliance of necessity?

Hearing May talking yesterday to a caucus of Republicans made feel the spectator of a tragicomedy.

She talked about many things and hit the right buttons to reach a trade deal that could save the UK, in her opinion, from the economic mess of a hard Brexit. She is desperate, keeping a stiff upper lips, playing a game of poker whose end is not certain.

Many times she made reference to Reagan and Thatcher, the cold war, and the common values of conservatism and democracy.

What she swept under the carpet is that Trump doctrine is blunt self serving interests leaving behind the embellishment of  promoting the values  of freedom and democracy around the world.
What she swept under the carpet is that Trump doctrine is one of protectionism and divorce of globalism and free trade.
What she shied away from noting is that Trump conservatism is linked to a tough stand on abortion that many women in her own party oppose. Many health service providers in the UK will suffer from the ban on funding operations overseas that not only provide abortion service but "mention the option".

What she promoted is again the international dimension of Great Britain, the links and ties to India, Pakistan, countries in Africa, etc. Turning a blind eyes to a history of colonialism and occupation. These are old colonies whose relations with Great Britain were forged in blood an injustice.
When she addressed the transnational organizations and in particular the UN, she reminded that the UN was formed by the US and the UK and that they should go back to their primary goal of serving the interest of the people of these nations!

In short she promoted a world lead by the US and the UK, based on self serving interest and using the fight against terrorism to support dictatorships ready to engage in this fight.
In fact a British neocolonialism under the umbrella of the US as Great Britain alone is incapable to achieve such an aim today.

I wonder if those who voted to get out of EU, a coalition of 450 million people united under values of democracy, freedom, women equality, and solidarity are on board for this new alliance.
I wonder if Corbyn has any idea of where his euro skepticism is leading the UK.

A real tragicomedy!





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