by B. R. GOWANI
Presidential candidates: (L-R) Donald Trump (Republican), Hillary Clinton (Democrat), Ted Cruz (Republican), Bernie Sanders (Democrat) and John Kasich (Republican) PHOTO/Getty Images/CNBC
Lord Jesus’ jihadi, Christian Caliph Ted Cruz is out. Hoping “the Lord will show me the way forward,” John Kasich has dropped out too. This has now made the billionaire lord Donald Trump the Republican nominee. On the Democratic side, the hellish Hillary Clinton (a most probable Democratic nominee), has full support of corporate lords. The only lordless candidate of either party is Democrat Bernie Sanders – who is still in the race while relying on common people’s support and contributions.
The Republican presidential drama began with 17 candidates, but unlike Agatha Christie’s mystery novel, And Then There Were None, the Republicans are left with one, and that is Trump, after Cruz and Kasich quit the race this week. The guy whose chances of winning the Republican primary was nil is now that party’s candidate. On the other hand, the gal who was sure to win the Democratic Party’s nomination is still in the race because of young people’s overwhelming support for Bernie Sanders. On May 3, he won the State of Indiana.
Cruz who wanted to lord over the world had declared that once in power, he’ll “carpet bomb” the Islamic State “into oblivion.” However, he was not sure whether the “sand can glow in the dark.” Nowadays, Cruz must be sitting in an unlighted room, glowing with his rage, planning about a run in 2020. The amazing speed with which the technology is advancing, who knows by 2020 the Pentagon would be in possession of bombs that are small and can change color while making the desert glow. So in 2020, Cruz won’t have to wonder about the glowing problem.
Sanders is not going to stop the war machine but has not been a war monger and so will be, if he’s elected, careful to avoid wars. His chances are diminishing with the passage of time. It’s not easy to fight the Democratic machine.
Besides the public votes, the candidates need to win the superdelegates too. Anyone with 2,383 delegates on her/his side is the winner. Hillary has 2,229 delegates whereas Sanders has 1,453 – which (according to CNN May 7, 2016) should actually be 1750 or so. This would have reduced Hillary’s count by almost 300. How come? Because delegates in some of the states which Sanders won are not supporting him but has instead opted for Hillary! Yes, the system is set up in such a way, that the status quo always remains unchallenged.
Then there’s the news media. The New York Times has endorsed Hillary. Other influential paper, the Washington Post, in 16 hours, ran 16 stories on Sanders on March 6, 2016. Not surprisingly, all of them were negative! The Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon. During her last year as the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton’s State Department awarded a $16.5 million contract to Bezos. (Bezos also got a $600 million contract from the US CIA.) Between 2001 and 2015, both Hillary and her husband Bill Clinton, former US president and governor of Arkansas, have made $153 million through “paid speeches,” a US euphemism for bribe.
So Hillary’s chances of picking up the Democratic Party’s nomination is almost sure – unless the FBI inquiry reveals that her use of personal server for her official work resulted in a leak of classified information.
Who’ll be our worst lord?
The question is, who’ll be worst of the two, Hillary or Trump?
We don’t know if Trump’s pleasure stick is small, as Marco Rubio (one of the Republican presidential candidates) declared during one of the debates. But what we do know is that Trump is a nasty person with a very big and unruly tongue which acts in a very unpredictable way. But then again, there’s no guarantee that a person with a small, predictable, and ruly tongue is going to be a decent person. The perfect example is Hillary. She is equally nasty and ruthless as Trump is. Both are capitalist jihadis. Trump’s foreign policy knowledge is not that great if one overlooks his idea on building a wall on the US/Mexico border. Saying that, one has to acknowledge and appreciate some of his ideas. On Palestine/Israel issue, he proffered his neutrality. On the other hand, Hillary is a staunch and uncritical supporter of Israel’s heinous policies and the Israel Lobby. One should see her speak at the annual AIPAC (American Israel Political Action Committee) meetings. This year was no different. She also played a major role in turning Libya into a chaotic state. In 2008, presidential candidate Hillary had declared:
“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m president, we will attack Iran. In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”
When another candidate Barack Obama compared her language to that of then president George W. Bush, she stuck to her words.
As Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary went along with him in signing a nuclear deal with Iran and improving relations with that country, about which Israel is not happy at all. One can’t be sure if Hillary will honor the treaty if she becomes the next US president.
Trump, no doubt is a merciless capitalist who’ll go to any extent for his profit, but then again, he could always be averted from war with a country, by asking that country to allow President Trump to build Trump Towers. No such luck with Hillary. She’s endowed with a war mentality.
Trump wants other countries to foot the bill for the security protection the US provides them. It’s a good idea. If they refuse, which they will, then the US soldiers/marines etc. will be back. The world will have a little less US menace. Hillary will let the things continue as they are.
Trump has no record because he has never been a part of the government but Hillary’s record is not good at all. So trump is a little less nastier than Hillary.
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com