President Trump has called off the much announced summit between him and Kim Jong-un that was slated for 12 Jun at Singapore. It was done soon after North Korea had shut down its nuclear building facility. What makes me wonder is as to whether that was his only objective? I mean, making North Korea destroy its nuclear establishment. A statesman would and should have a much larger objective which I firmly believe.
Perhaps, the President has scored brownie points among his constituency within the US but the act has taken away the potential of him being considered a statesman who could rise above petty considerations, like in this case, of having got North Korea to dismantle its nuclear capability. In fact, he was even being considered for the Nobel Prize for Peace for his initiative!
It's a sad development. Though nothing spectacular was being anticipated from the summit, given the animosity and years of distrust between the two sides, the very fact that North Korea was brought on to a negotiating table was a great achievement and who knows, it might even have offered certain initiatives that would have ultimately brought that country out of isolation from the rest of the world.
The President, had not very long ago stunned the world, when he scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran which, incidentally, was one of his election promises. He has been of the opinion that it's heavily one sided, in favour of Iran. What he seems to disregard is that the foreign policy initiatives never change with the change in political leadership, the party affiliation of the leader notwithstanding. That's why the rest of the world, especially Europe - the traditional allies of the United States - has said that they would stand by the Iran nuclear deal. It's definitely a diplomatic setback for the super power which was expected to take a stand that was ethical!
The leader of the world's super power has certain responsibilities that he cannot shirk away from
and to my mind, these are:-
(a) He stands for world peace and towards this end, he has the eyes and ears of the leaders of
the rest of the world to enforce it within the ambit of the decisions of the United Nations.
(b) He's the natural leader as he has the world's most potent defence capability that can be
deployed whenever and wherever he chooses to do so.
(c) The use of force should be just adequate enough towards the achievement of the aim. A
prolonged stay would wear off the sheen and the potency of the intervention.
(d) His word is final and his successors are honour bound to carry on with the initiatives that he
has set in motion!
President Trump knows best as to what he's doing, I'm sure. With the senate investigations regarding the alleged Russian influence on the outcome of the last Presidential election going on, here was an opportunity for him to display his character. The opportunity seems to have been given the go by.....or will he have second thoughts?
Tailpiece.
Another of those quiet days. The melancholy brought in by Ramesh's passing away continues to hang heavy.
Perhaps, the President has scored brownie points among his constituency within the US but the act has taken away the potential of him being considered a statesman who could rise above petty considerations, like in this case, of having got North Korea to dismantle its nuclear capability. In fact, he was even being considered for the Nobel Prize for Peace for his initiative!
It's a sad development. Though nothing spectacular was being anticipated from the summit, given the animosity and years of distrust between the two sides, the very fact that North Korea was brought on to a negotiating table was a great achievement and who knows, it might even have offered certain initiatives that would have ultimately brought that country out of isolation from the rest of the world.
The President, had not very long ago stunned the world, when he scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran which, incidentally, was one of his election promises. He has been of the opinion that it's heavily one sided, in favour of Iran. What he seems to disregard is that the foreign policy initiatives never change with the change in political leadership, the party affiliation of the leader notwithstanding. That's why the rest of the world, especially Europe - the traditional allies of the United States - has said that they would stand by the Iran nuclear deal. It's definitely a diplomatic setback for the super power which was expected to take a stand that was ethical!
The leader of the world's super power has certain responsibilities that he cannot shirk away from
and to my mind, these are:-
(a) He stands for world peace and towards this end, he has the eyes and ears of the leaders of
the rest of the world to enforce it within the ambit of the decisions of the United Nations.
(b) He's the natural leader as he has the world's most potent defence capability that can be
deployed whenever and wherever he chooses to do so.
(c) The use of force should be just adequate enough towards the achievement of the aim. A
prolonged stay would wear off the sheen and the potency of the intervention.
(d) His word is final and his successors are honour bound to carry on with the initiatives that he
has set in motion!
President Trump knows best as to what he's doing, I'm sure. With the senate investigations regarding the alleged Russian influence on the outcome of the last Presidential election going on, here was an opportunity for him to display his character. The opportunity seems to have been given the go by.....or will he have second thoughts?
Tailpiece.
Another of those quiet days. The melancholy brought in by Ramesh's passing away continues to hang heavy.
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