Leaders Who could not Lead
Naive egoism and favourite perversion unleash new window of working liberal democracy to make insane cruelty as a value to torture and murder innocent people and occupy foreign lands by force as a Reviria for the American leadership. President Trump is no stranger to being delusional and inconsistent in pronouncements and actions. Ralph Nader (“Underestimating Americans: A Coming Plunge of “Dictator Donald” D.D. Ralph Nader” Global Research: 01/31/2025): https://www.globalresearch.ca/underestimating-americans-coming-plunge-dictator-donald/587912,an American political activist of global fame and integrity describes President Trump as:
Convicted felon Donald Trump has declared war on Americans….He is using illegal executive orders as poisoned spears against just about every program the federal government administers to advance the health, safety, and economic well-being of all Americans…..Trump’s abuses of power can be divided into three categories:Driving to destroy the historic safety net leads to a collective homicide. …Americans will die or get sick, whether they voted for Trump or not;… Genocide by continuing Biden’s co-belligerency with mass killer Netanyahu and adding support for the expulsion of the remaining survivors in Gaza to their death in the desert. Add these criminal mayhems to the censorship or persecution of anyone who opposes Trump…..Right now, Trump, the failed gambling czar in the White House, and his minions think they are invincible.
There are no intelligent Arab leaders having any moral and intellectual capacity to distinguish between foes and friends except neo-colonial tribal agents living in palaces. Crises are knocking at their door, yet most would prefer a free outlooklacking responsibility and courageous performance. King Abdullah of Jordan was the first to see President Trump and kneeled to coercion agreeing to take two thousand stranded Palestininans to his Kingdom. Trump claims to have Egyptian leader General Sissi willing to consider the besieged masses of Gaza to shelter in Egypt. This is not going to be a reasoned and honest remedy to an already volatile political situation prevalent in Gaza. Hamas claims Israel is not honoring its commitment to the ceasefire terms and would postpone freeing more hostages come saturday. With mediators, it appears to have been avoided. Netanyahu, emboldened by Trump’s statement to take over Gaza and turn it into a Reivira stuns the public consciousness keen to see the ceasefire fully implemented in all phases. Leaders of vision and integrity share candid hopes and strength in their thoughts and practices to conform to reality and sustainable future-making. His first foreign visiting leader happens to be PM Netanyahu of Israel – a person wanted by the ICJ-ICC for “crimes against humanity” and “genocide” in wars on Gaza.
President Trump and PM Netanyahu are No Exceptions to Trivility
Edward Curtin (“Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea by Thomas Suárez-A book review” Global Research: 02/12/25), points out the facts of current affairs: https://www.globalresearch.ca/palestine-hijacked-how-zionism-forged-an-apartheid-state-from-river-to-sea-by-thomas-suarez/5879755:
The Zionist Trump is stating baldly the ultimate goal of the ethnic cleansing of all non-Jews from Palestine, which has been the Zionists’ goal from the beginning and lies behind Biden, who considers himself a Zionist, and Trump’s recent support for Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank……Treachery of this nature defines the history of all those arrayed against the Palestinians from the start – as today, with Trump being no exception…..
Ralph Nader tells lot more:Trump knows no boundaries, no self-restraint and has often declared that he will do whatever he wants, meaning operating in massive violation of the laws of our land.He is now ruling by dictates that are getting more sweeping and penetrating by the day. He should read a history book. In a letter to the members of the US Congress on “RE: Hamas-Israel-Gaza-Genocide” Nov 28, 2023, he brings histroy to light: https://www.globalresearch.ca/open-letter-members-united-states-congress-hamas-israel-gaza-genocide-ralph-nader/5841682: The Nazis in World War II attempted to conceal the Holocaust fearing legal accountability. Israel’s genocide is unfolding in plain view confidant of impunity, including unconditional callous congressional support and gross misdirection of taxpayer dollars for violence, in lieu of satisfying the critical needs of the American people.
Ethnic cleansing of Palestinains and taking Gaza by force and forcible displacement of 2.5 million people by Trump make media headlines across the globe. It should be a wake-up call to critical thinking and action but most Arab scholars and imams are well paid and well fed and their conscience is deaf silent to support an Islamic humanitarian cause of utmost urgency. Affluent oil exporting Arab monarchs of Arabia fear neither God nor people and have no public institutions of accountability to realize the facts of life. There are no Arab leaders having moral and political integrity to represent the masses and no Arab armies to defend Islam. Simply put, they are puppets and hired agents of Western imperialism.The Saudi, the UAE and others stooges kept silent profile while massacres of innocent embolden Israel to put finishing end to Gaza. The Divine Revelation warned the Israelities- in the Ten Commandments (Torah): Thou shalt not kill’ (Exod. 20:13; also Deut. 5:17). Jewish law views the shedding of innocent blood very seriously, and lists murder as one of three sins (along with idolatry and sexual immorality), that fall under the category of yehareg ve’al ya’avor – meaning “One should let himself be killed rather than violate it.
The world needs America for a balancing act but is there a future for democracy in America? History is living and offers lessons for change and reformation of thoughts and practices to those who are open to listening and learning and becoming effective leaders. It does not look much encouraging when you watch President Trump and Netanyahu speaking at the White House. Dr. Binoy Kampmark (“A Thief’s Mentality: Trump, Real Estate and Dreams of Ethnic Cleansing.” Global Research: 02/11/2025), shares his critical insight: https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-real-estate-dreams-ethnic-cleansing/5879642:
President Donald J. Trump likes teasing out the unmentionable, and the Israel-Palestinian situation was hardly going to be any different.With a touch of horror and the grotesque, he offered a solution to the issue of what would happen to Gaza at the conclusion of hostilities.In a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he declared that the United States “take over and own the Gaza Strip”, in the process promising to “create an economic development that will supply an unlimited number of jobs and housing for people of the area.”The strip, one of the most densely populated stretches of territory on the planet, would be reconstructed, redeveloped and turned, effectively, into a beach resort, “the Riviera of the Middle East…..
Was the “Ceasefire” a Pause for the Continuing War on Palestine?
Cynicism about politicians is always endemic and part of the seamless democratic cultures constantly progressive and often rebuked by social and political entertainment as an after dinner joke.There is always much evil and much good in every society but evil cannot diagnose political tyranny, falsehood and resentment, the cure to evil is honesty, equal justice, freedom of expression, moral values and righteousness to lead and serve the people.
If President Trump had a vision for change, global peace and “make America Great again”, he should know his strengths and weaknesses and be cautious not to foresee the world through the eyes of Netanyahu but come out of the forged perplexities with clarity of his own mind to co-exist with the larger global community. If he believes in making America great again, it would be through peace and not intransigence against Panama, displacenment of Palestinains or occupying Canada or Greenland. He would have to rebuild his own credibility as a leader who can lead despite perpetuated ignorance and rejection of learning from history. Professor Michel Chossudovsky (“Israel’s “Fake Ceasefire.” A “Pause.” Genocide, Exodus of Palestinians From Their Homeland”, clarfies that “In the case of Gaza, the objective is “a pause” in what constitutes a carefully planned genocide of which the “End Game” is the Exodus of Palestinians from their Homeland. US-NATO are indelibly behind the genocide project. https://www.globalresearch.ca/israels-fake-cease-fire-a-pause-in-a-criminal-endeavour-a-carefully-planned-genocide-against-the-people-of-palestine/5877453?
It is irrational and repulsive to imagine global brotherhood, peace and happiness to be defined and projected by profligacy, horrors of war, forcible displacement of indigenous people in Gaza and miseries of innumerable multitiudes as the US leadership tends to portray. The Divine message (The Quran: synopsis Chapter 124:26-50), warning to intelligent people is self-explanatory as the life is a trial of human behavior and earth is a trust to human beings to protect its sanctity for all living beings:
In all ages wicked people tried to plot against God’s Way, but they never Succeeded, and were covered with shame, in ways unexpected. The righeous see good in God’s Words and their goal is the Good. Great teachers were sent to all nations to warn against Evil and guide to the Right. The penalty for evil comes in many unexpected Ways; for Evil is against Nature. And all Nature proclaims God’s Glory. And humbly serves Him, the Lord Supreme.
Netanyahu and his extremist ministers want perpetuated animosities to continue under a false pretext of blaming Hamas and people of Gaza for violations of the ceasefire agreement. Despite sketchy illusion of political cohesiveness in his Government, Israeli is a highly paralyzed society fatigued with war and socio-economic crises and according to media, 500,000 Israeli citizens have left Israel since the October 2023 war. The warmongers do not seem to think as normal human beings or to respect the rights and dignity of Palestinian people for a two state solution.Those bombing and causing the catastrophic events to destroy the planet Earth and mankind and all of its treasures and enrichments are not normal human beings. In chaos and delusion, there is always inconsistency and turbulent aspirations to deal with the unknown for security and sustainable future-making. But if the Palestinians and Israelis realize their common goal of peace, security and co-existence, surely respect for equal rights and freedom and tranquility of foresight could be hallmarks and characteristics of God-given natural wisdom for a just peace and conflict management to both parties. There is no time for surprises but opportunities for reasoned dialogue to manitain ceasefire and move forward to peacemaking and reject all vices of intransigence for war and killing of innocent people in Gaza. Viewing objectively the Israel-Palestinian public horizons, masses do not rejoice cruelty, evil, war and bombardments but feel tranquility in friendly neighbourly relations, freedom, human dignity, peace and co-existence.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution and has spent several academic years across the Russian-Ukrainian and Central Asian regions knowing the people, diverse cultures of thinking and political governance and a keen interest in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution, 2019; and Why Wars on Gaza and Ukraine? We, the People Search for Peace and Conflict Resolution, 2025.