Not sure whether to laugh or cry
Dear Editor,
I wondered if I should have laughed or cried when the United States announced last Thursday that it had imposed sanctions against six Jamaican policemen, as well as people from several other countries for human rights abuses.
The United States apparently is unaware that it has one of the worst human rights records in the world.
Police abuse and excesses, especially against blacks, remain horrible in that country. The US is still hanging people, subjecting migrants to inhumane conditions, paying minorities much lower than whites, taking children away from parents seeking to enter the so-called land of opportunity, as well as forcing people affected by COVID-19 to report to work or risk being fired. The US Government also turns a blind eye to people who make the streets their home because of poverty. I could go on and on.
Is it the US which also feels it has a right to walk into other countries and kill their leaders? Is it the US that firebombs other countries, killing children? Who created the security mess in the Middle East?
We all wish the US will start looking in the mirror and start confessing its sins one by one. Right now the US has no moral authority to be issuing sanctions.
Peter Brown St Catherine
power in favour of the USA and its allies. His highlight, though, was the facilitation of historic peace agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Israel and Sudan.
The news media has sold to us that Trump is an idiot and that Trump is wild and different, but I’m not sure if he can be classified as an idiot. That would speak volumes about the nation that chose him. Be careful now, you may not like his styles, attitudes, and mannerisms, but he is a man on a mission which he has publicly stated and stuck to.
trump’s assignment
Trump’s assignment was to create and cause change, a shift. His task has been to be an object lesson revealing a nation to itself by exposing and causing exposure of its good and bad. His personal mission statement was to drain the swamp and make America great again. He heralded this.
In pursuit of his assignment, it would have:
1) an international effect;
2) exposure to domestic conditions more than solving domestic problems. His contribution to solving domestic problems is in strengthening the economy to a necessary base level to better deal with social issues by another succeeding leader; and
3) to relay the foundations in the legal framework of the court system to assist with the restoration of traditional Judeo-christian values on which the USA was built and to ensure retention of the remarkable constitutional intent of America’s founding fathers. This is absolutely vital for the reordering of a healthy society.
If judged against purpose, with all reasonableness, one would have to conclude he made significant strides. Hence, in my opinion, another term would enable a better finish for a successor with different strengths to complete the process for balanced greatness.
If we are going to fix Jamaica there are lessons to be learned from the Trump presidency. We are going to need the leadership type— courage, tenacity, and boldness— that Trump represented without embracing the proclivities that distract from his achievements. I would implore our new-era Prime Minister Andrew Holness to take note.
Al Miller is senior pastor of Fellowship Tabernacle.