Trump’s Insider Trading Shows Corruption Is Not Exclusive to Africa
Africans have been lied to for years that corruption is somehow an African trait, when in reality, the West operates corruption at a scale far beyond what it condemns on the continent.
The Donald Trump insider trading allegations show that the same people who lecture Africa on governance and anti-corruption are often deeply implicated in profiteering, manipulation, and abuse of power themselves.
The point is not to excuse corruption anywhere but to strip away the hypocrisy and reject the dangerous idea that Africans are uniquely prone to moral failure. Decolonising the African mind means seeing ourselves through our own lens, and seeing the West for what it truly is, not for the image we have been conditioned to admire.
The war benefited Iran in at least one aspect: The overt attention given to Iran for the last 50 days has completely shattered the fabricated image that Israeli-affiliated media had crafted of the country for decades.
Many people have now realized that:
1- Iran is not run by mad apocalyptic “mullahs". Many Iranian officials are sophisticated technocrats, steeped in political science, literature, mathematics, international relations, and philosophy. They hold PhDs and strong academic credentials from renowned universities, and have actually authored books on Immanuel Kant, negotiations and governance. In fact, they are much more sophisticated than their Western counterparts. For one, none of them ever appeared on the Epstein list. That is precisely why they do not have to bend or bow before Israel or its network of lobbies.
2- The Iranian people are proud and patriotic. They are willing to risk their lives by forming human chains around bridges and critical infrastructure to protect their homeland. They have never welcomed, and will never welcome, foreign intervention. Neighboring countries were mistaken in assuming they would need to close their borders to manage an influx of refugees fleeing war from Iran. Not only did Iranians refuse to flee the war zone, but many living abroad actually returned home by land once the conflict began.
3- Iran is a resilient nation that has endured decades of illegal sanctions, sadistic “maximum pressure” campaigns, covert operations, and outright war. It stood tall, relied solely on itself, and built a formidable military, industrial, and scientific base. By contrast, countries with far stronger economies are already complaining about the economic fallout from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and are growing impatient. Iran withstood their sanctions for nearly fifty years, yet they cannot tolerate fifty days of reciprocal economic pressure. Hopefully this reality will force them to recognize the depravity of their past policies.
4- Iran is not a state sponsor of terrorism. Its only “sin” has been to be the sole country on Earth that has firmly, openly, and proudly stood up to Israeli apartheid and genocidal policies. That is the real source of all the demonization.
5- Iran did not squander money—or the brief proceeds from temporary sanctions relief—on destabilizing the region. It invested in infrastructure instead. The sheer number of hospitals, airports, petrochemical plants, railroads, bridges, ports, pharmaceutical factories, and universities targeted in the war reveals exactly where that money was spent.
6- Iran did not seek war. It pursued serious diplomacy, only to be betrayed on multiple occasions. The United States withdrew from the JCPOA and then attacked Iran twice while new negotiations were underway. All the smears claiming that Iran fails to honor its international commitments or is prone to lying and cheating are pure nonsense unsupported by empirical evidence.
7- Iran’s foreign policy is guided by values, principles, and national pride rather than materialist “cost-benefit” calculations. Understanding this is essential to reaching any genuine deal. Otherwise, within a narrow “cost-benefit” paradigm, Israeli experts and think tanks will continue to rush to portray Iran’s intentions as hostile—just as they have done for decades by relentlessly disseminating the falsehood that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons.
To understand why Iran is able to defeat the United States, time for a history class. Few countries in the world are as old as Iran. Here’s 5000 years History of Iran: From Cyrus the Great to Ali Khamenei.
Credit: Echoes Of History.
@Pressman2040 Until Nigerians come to realize that stumping block to Nigeria attaining it's greatness is the west and the sponsor of terrorism in Nigeria are the USA until then we will never move forward
We don't need the USA military on our soil
@CletusChinanu@instablog9ja Nigerians are a failure for enabling politicians to destroy their living from having access to good roads,free healthcare enables the environment to compete and survive access to standard and better education until we discover ourselves foreign countries will keep exploiting us
@CletusChinanu@instablog9ja 1
USA are not our biggest partner in development but biggest sponsor of terrorism and their pulling out is not real but standing in corner for their agenda and narrative to fall in so they can invade us this are just part of their plan tinubu is a failure
You've heard of the Greater Israel project. But have your heard of the (equally insane) 'Greater North America's project which includes nearly half of the African continent?
@Big_Mck explains Washington's latest malaria hallucination.
@thefireofOla Let the fools in Nigeria keep supporting their narratives thinking this is a religious issue until they are invaded.
These guys have started building a narrative for invasion since they've lost in Iran and their Boko Haram boys have laid the foundation for them to come