[FRIAM] the world is watching us...

[Merle Lefkoff]

One way to lose democracy (even if tattered) is a loss of trust in our
institutions.  The electoral system is one of them. Hyper over-reaction to
one lousy debate. However, now I'll have to vote for the war criminal Joe
Biden.

On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM steve smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> What are our Non-USA members hearing/thinking after last night's
> debate/debacle?
>
> I felt that Biden's Rally today was something necessary for him (and
> Jill and the DNC) to do to demonstrate that last night was some kind of
> anomaly, but it doesn't erase it, just cleanses the palate a little
> bit.   I've also been listening to the various "who should the DNC pick
> in his place?" talk which is 'natural' but maybe premature to do publicly?
>
> I did listen to an European channel this morning (can't remember if it
> was England or German, both have British accented commentators) and
> there was a report of a strong "hands-off" response from their
> leaders.   Moscow did pretty much exactly what you would expect... I
> haven't heard anything from the Middle East, Africa, India, China,
> Southeast Asia or South America yet, but I would expect the "free world"
> to be disturbed no matter how things unfold down the line.
>
> In the vernacular, I'd like to believe that we could "elect a ham
> sandwich" against the likes of Trump, but that is obviously a biased
> opinion... maybe we *should* but that isn't the same as *can*.
>
> I don't see how the "West" benefits in any way from another Trump
> term...   Russia, NK, China maybe?   BRICS in the large, maybe some kind
> of wash?   Central/South/MX America?   Can't look too good?
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Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
Center for Emergent Diplomacy
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