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Uncle Scrooge and Two Upcoming Elections - Arindam Mukherjee

One of the things that happens when you are unwantedly busy is that you end up deleting nameless files without realizing that one among them was your Weekly Update draft. That is what happened yesterday.

I think my first point was about Old Uncle. The fact that how, after digesting millions of dollars of tax-money, the Russ-Putin Committee belched loudly and said, ‘That’s all folks. Show over; go home’. I don’t remember in details the notes that I made yesterday, however they definitely had to do with Uncle Scrooge and his ‘I don’t give a fuck about NATO’, ‘I don’t give a fuck about Middle East’, and ‘I don’t give a fuck about your money spinner; I am all about American First’. Out of all these, his ambivalence towards Russia was the best hand that the establishment guys assumed they had. And they bet upon that. And they lost. And now… hold on to your hats… it would be time for Scrooge to make his move. Dr Aneek Saha shared an interesting snippet that attempts to link Assange arrest with this. Credible. 2020 coming up. By squeezing Assange’s balls, Scrooge could have direct access to some uneasy jugulars. I am hoping details would soon emerge.   

In Satyajit Ray’s immortal creation Feluda’s language: “Khela ekdom jomey gechhey Topse!” (Play’s drawing to a climax) This, to his assistant.

Italy. Time to read up Marco Polo tales, as Italy becomes a part of the BRI gang. Uncle did his obligatory shouting; Europe did too. Uncle was fairly audible, Europe wasn’t. And for a good reason. These days, they are like Firangi-Chini-Bhai-Bhai. Got a neat trade setup between them. Naturally, while Italy lending a couple of ports to their Chini-Bhai is a bother for Old Uncle, to Europe this is chicken feed. Italy is way better off economically some random African nation. And our Chini-Bhai is smart enough to realize that; hence the deal looks radically different from the usual lukkha-bhikari type deals signed with Sri Lanka or Pakistan.  

But… What’s with this port fetish of China? Seriously… BRI is Belts and “Roads”, and roads are prepared on hard surface, preferably on land. Yet these buggers are forever eyeing this or that port – Gwadar, Hambantota, Trieste… that has Uncle in knots. And that’s why Uncle is shouting. Surface routes and Water routes are all that Halford Mackinder and Alfred Mahan summarized. Surface game’s nearly gone. Now it looks as if the ports are about to. And Uncle doesn’t have the Brzezinskis, the Kissingers, the McCarthys or the NSC68 Study Gang anymore.

Venezuela. China sends PLA. Now when Russia send their guys, Pompeii… Pampii… Pansy or whoever that fat attorney is, places a call to Lavrov and that apparently does not go as he expects. But when China sent PLA guys, there was no one to call, because he had already finished needling the Uighur activists just a few days before that, quizzing them about what was taking them so long to invite the Arabian new arrivals in Central Asia to join them for some community services and Biryani. So when the PLAs arrived, and decided to stay, all remained unusually quiet in Uncle land.

Anyway; Venezuela. I think Scrooge was watching really close, the progress of this Quick-Gun-Murugan plan of his generals. And now that the probability of an armed intervention in Venezuela has diminished radically, he has taken over and is being heard hinting towards some sort of meeting/engagement with Russia and China about the fate of initiating a national dialog among the involved parties in Venezuela. 2020, guys! A dandy campaign for catching those elusive South/Lat votes that only the Dems apparently enjoy. If he manages that…

Imagine! You all have been led to a point by the MSM where most of you believe that he is a dumbass. 

Another comedy fiasco was at the recent NATO birthday bash. The NATO chief says, Oh but USA is disinterested in us. And Scrooge says, Damn right, because Russia isn’t a threat. The Chief then says, but we helped you in Afghanistan. Scrooge replies, yes, because we pay your ass so well; besides, we have made great gains with the Talibans, so you can go fuck yourself. The Chief then says you still need us for strategic threats. And Scrooge signs off saying we want good relations with Russia, China, everyone. There you go: No strategy, so no threats.

This is interesting if you watch close. Scrooge’s ego trip is that you have to agree with him as long as he pays the bills. And he makes no bones about it. No reason otherwise, to take Germany’s ass for their decision to continue with Nord Stream II. It is the same Russia that he defends at the NATO bash. And while he says he wants good relations with China, he leaves instructions to NATO allies to be alert about China and its 5G. I’ll decide; you all will behave like courier-boys.  

So, at the end of his first term, Scrooge has established beyond doubt that it is his way, or… down that black hole you go. Won’t even let you take a piss.

India. Elections. Yeaaaay! No one knows who would win and who would join which coalition after the results are declared. You have Pakistan blowing hot and cold: Oooh India is gonna attack us but Modi is the best bet to resolve Kashmir. You have film actors pose as farmers and the best proposal about issues to address comes from a dynasty by-product who is a functional retard. Add to that wannabe leaders with PhDs in lesbian dance theories and Hutu-Tutsi food habits when they are not eating each other...

I am gonna have to think of a better ending to this piece. Meanwhile, you all enjoy the weekend.

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