United States Swing States – Presidential Race 2024

October 23, 2024

United States Swing States

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Presidential Race 2024

Padmini Arhant

To: The American Electorate including the 7 swing states;


Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Attention: The Arab Muslim Americans in the swing state Michigan especially the Dearborn Michigan and the Blue State Minnesota and other parts of the United States.

Please do not fall for the hoax such as the GREEN party – one of different wings of the incumbent democrat party to collect votes in disguise.

The so-called Green Party has nothing to do with natural environment.

It is the masquerade for war mongering democrat establishment to extend their hugely unpopular incumbency as the long term puppet to prolong wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and wherever possible.

The Green Party headed by Jill Stein is recycled mask of the democrat party – tried and fooled many in 2010, 2012 by then Presidency experimenting the old obsolete shenanigans again despite the alertness in 2024;

Fool me once – Shame on you.

Fool me twice – Shame on me.

The Arab Muslim netizens and mainstream citizens – please don’t gamble your valuable ballots as the electorate by casting your votes to the same faction representing the current administration and political party behind Gaza Genocide, Lebanon Decimation and Middle East conflict carried out with your votes and tax dollars to murder your families and those whom you care about deeply in these regions.

It is better not to vote at all than voting for the war ridden incumbency hiding behind Jill Stein or any other democrat appointee led Green Party and other fringe factions on the ballot to deceptively garner votes from naive misled misrepresented voters in the electoral trick or treat deal.

Even if you don’t want to vote for Trump though you would benefit by voting for Trump from the economic vantage that is critical to voice your concerns on domestic and foreign issues as the electorate and taxpayer from municipal to national election.

Importantly, voting for Trump on the condition demanding the change in U.S. foreign policy to spare foreign citizens’ lives from relentless bombing and shelling deploying United States weapons and missiles along with $$$ billions financing wars paid for by ordinary American taxpayers.

The latter plunged into generational liability as permanent funders of alien nations’ i.e. offshore warfare.

The status quo is unsustainable and simply unacceptable as peacefully demonstrated by millions of protesters against Gaza GENOCIDE and the students in United States college campus.

Padmini Arhant 

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The reality is at least 79% or more population in the United States experiencing the failed performance of Harris administration categorically believe the country is on the wrong track.

Harris administration since she admitted in her public appearance in the channels and interviews favored to the VP that she has been equal partner with a tie vote in the Senate on all legislations hurting the ordinary Americans, proudly promoting disastrous Bidenomics as Kamalanomics.

The decisions to flood the border with Kamala’s open invitation on camera – “COME” ‘you are welcome’ without papers and documents.

Upon entry to be provided for not by multi-millionaire Kamala and colleagues in the same millionaire billionaire club rather to be cared for by average Americans struggling to make ends meet in their life.

The incumbent VP Kamala Harris as partner and chief advocate of her current administration debacles from soaring inflation, economy to border and ravaging wars keeping the fuel costs ever high with domino effects is the trajectory.

The above challenges exacerbated in leaving the country and the world on the edge with a higher possibility of nuclear arsenal coming into play conforming to incontrovertible hard core facts in Kamala Harris track record.

The Harris administration championed problems creation with no solution to anything.

1. The sky high inflation making food for survival unaffordable for overwhelming majority in this country living pay check to pay check.

2. The exorbitant interest rates on mortgage, credit card and business loans killing home ownership, stifling consumership in retail economy and diminishing business activities for millions of Americans in the last four years 2021 – 2024 maintaining the same upon re-election of Kamala Harris for another term and beyond.

3. The border czar Kamala Harris actions and inactions under Biden – Harris administration has placed the Americans in the states across the border and interior small towns with safety issues alongside economic woes with open border situation on immigration replacing legal immigration with illegal influx of factions like the human traffickers, drug cartels and violent gangs exploiting the population en route accepting the unelected democrat nominee Kamala Harris’ invite to cross the border to become the undocumented voter in the election.

The policy or the lack thereof is primordial and relevant above all.

The Trump Presidency has proven effective policy 2017 – 2020 vs. Kamala Harris no policy accompanied by dismal decisions and disingenuous profile not in correlation with actuality.

The identity politics considering the citizens from all walks of life transcending racial, gender, religion, sexual orientation and various denominations not barring political affiliations or Apolitical have one commonality.

They are all dealing with excruciating inflation burdened economy, border meltdown nationwide and American ordinary taxpayers’ funded endless Europe’s war against Russia in Ukraine and Israel’s provocation and wanton aggression in the Middle East draining American citizens’ economic status.

The swing states electorate prioritizing own economic health, security from border crimes and drastic improvement reversing the status quo endured under Kamala Harris direct involvement is critical in the ongoing election process.

Please vote for yourself to improve your deteriorating financial and economic conditions and not hand over yours and the rest of the population fate to dysfunctional Kamala Harris administration for another four or more years of grueling economic, social grind and nuclear war.

Please don’t vote against you and your loved ones’ present and future by voting for the incumbent Kamala Harris.

Make your VOTE count and beneficial to you and your family as well as your community by voting for you  viz. The ECONOMY, Border Security, End Wars saving lives and American taxpayer from further depletion.

Vote Trump 2024.

Please share this message with your family, friends and community for your personal and collective interests benefitting all unlike the contemporary irrational trend invested in selective insular political and economic gains at the victims’ expense.

Thank you. 

Padmini Arhant 

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Israel’s War and Middle East Conflict

October 19, 2024

Israel’s War and Middle East Conflict

Padmini Arhant

Republic Status in Politics.

Politics must realize –

The Power is granted by the Republic and remain with the Republic. 

In contrast to the inherited political culture with the accumulation of power and wealth among politics leaving the republic with generational debts and endless crises.

Such politics exit is imminent with expedited expiry.

Padmini Arhant 

Update October 19, 2024.

Israel – the pioneer and trend setter in terrorism.

Biblical era – the crucifixion of Lord Jesus preceded by betrayal by Judas for three pieces of silver is empirical in religious context. 

The sentiment demonstrated by Israel in the ongoing war against Gaza since October 7, 2023 when Israeli aggression spread across the occupied territories in Palestine including East Jerusalem. 

Israel attacking the church of Lord Jesus in birth place Bethlehem, rightfully condemned by the religious dais, the cardinal in nativity, Jerusalem.

Israel’s indiscriminate assault shed light on the trait and characteristics of the irrational minds that never change regardless of the world evolution. At the same time the trend succumbing to own folly and disastrous endeavor is irrefutable. 

On State terrorism –  Israel is the trail blazer with bombing of King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946 much to the angst and fury of then colonial British upon their then administrative headquarters in Palestine was the target by Zionist zealots.

In 1967 – Israeli Air Force deliberate ambush against United States marine corps at USS Liberty instantly killing 34 naval force members along with 174 injured besides their families silenced with threats and categorical denial for fair investigation in the United States Congress.

Israel’s intentional attack ignoring peace flag from USS Liberty of United States – the benefactor since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 till date was a major blow to the crew and entire fleet on board USS Liberty then up until now. 

The biggest treason being United States politics at the helm – then democrat President Lyndon Baines Johnson silenced by Israel using United States Presidential election in the negotiation deal. 

Not surprisingly, the tradition is judiciously maintained till date in U.S. politics when it comes to Israel. Notwithstanding at the expense of American republic and the defense force. 

In 2001 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public statement on September 11, 2001 terror attack on American soil –

“The event is the best that could happen in Israel’s interest.”

Not barring the 9/11 terror spontaneously killing 3000 and more American and foreign nationals in the heartland of America among whom the first responders fell victims in their valiant sacrifice to save lives on the fateful day and throughout until now. 

Unlike the politics played by Israeli PM Netanyahu gambling on own Israeli hostages prolonging the Gaza war extended more than a year and expanded into regional conflict in confrontation with neighbors near and far.

Israel’s terror aimed at the UN peace keeping force UNIFIL under attack from Israel generating more frustration and outrage among western leaderships in Italy, France etc., enduring casualties as peace keeping troops in the most vulnerable rural areas of Lebanon under Israeli onslaught as of this moment.

Israel carrying out these illegal activities while financially draining every American man, woman and child in the atrocious war game. 

Padmini Arhant 

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October 18, 2024.

Israelis gather in large numbers on

October 19, 2024.

Their message to the Israeli government.

CEASEFIRE in Gaza, Lebanon and around.

Hostage release with safe return home.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is demanded to Step Down by Israelis in the aftermath of year-long-war and failure to bring hostages home.

Will the Israeli leadership and the cabinet heed own citizens who fund and elect government?

The Biden – Harris administration having ignited the war with full force on October 7, 2023, lately sent 100 U.S.troops and provided more artillery other than anti-missile system to Israel. 

The U.S. administration with VP Harris have no desire nor commitment to end GENOCIDE in Gaza and killings in Lebanon and around the region.

Israel’s War inflicting precipitous economic decline on ordinary Americans exacerbated since October 2023.

The condition worsening with Israel’s demand for more American taxpayer money having already received $$$billions donated in the year-old-warfare besides United States weaponry paid for by American taxpayer amid mainstream Americans dire economic strife.

The COVID19 pandemic had ravenous impact on Israeli citizens consuming far more lives than the 1200 or less Israeli lives in Hamas infiltration facilitated by Israeli authorities collective failure on Israel’s national security ignoring adequate prior warnings from within and outside on impending Hamas attack in October 2023.

“National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Excess mortality in Israel associated with COVID-19 in 2020–2021 by C PeretzCited by 17 — Between 23 March 2020 and 28 March 2021, a total of 51 361 deaths were reported in Israel.”

Then Israel’s COVID19 related mortality exponentially higher in the second wave of the pandemic.

Israel also had to deal with vaccine associated deaths together with morbidity among young and old age groups of whom many were affected on long term illness and some life long health issues as a result of the bio-engineered deadly pathogen.

Since Israel’s reason for Gaza GENOCIDE is loss of 1200 lives on October 7, 2023 and 120 or more hostages held by Hamas in Hamas infiltration,

In comparison COVID19 pandemic having caused more than 5000% mortality just within a year March 2020 – March 2021 and beyond of 1200 lives died on October 7, 2023.

No doubt, whether one, one hundred or thousand lives – all lives matter in particular to the families and survivors grieving over their loved ones’ premature deaths caused by bio warfare such as the COVID19 pandemic or conventional war and terror including State terrorism produced massive casualties across the spectrum. 

Israel’s retaliation aided and armed by United States Biden –  Harris administration and bi-partisan Congress along with western allies triggering Gaza GENOCIDE of more than 40,000 among whom many were children, infants, women and unarmed civilians – under the guise of self-defense is emulation of Nazi crime quadrupled in the twenty first century against civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen… in the region.

The bizarre glorification and celebration in the combat against Hamas, Hezbollah…again predominantly aided by United States taxpayer funded and armed warfare against overwhelming majority American dissent and global anti-war anti-Israeli aggression thus far raise poignant questions to Israeli politics and leadership Benjamin Netanyahu.

Why didn’t nuclear Israel deal with China, United States and EU – the corona virus pioneers, investors, manufacturers and massive profiteers including the fellow Jewish Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, the substantial investors in the virus and vaccine…that did not spare Israeli lives in several thousands since the onset of the pandemic till date in the same manner as Israel’s much touted elimination and eradication of Hamas, Hezbollah and now preoccupied in regime change in Iran by propping the heir of the formerly deposed Shah of Iran?

Interestingly, the Israeli PM rejected the demand from own citizens to step down from office not only on hostage issues, the economy, the subversion of democracy generating political upheaval, the alliance with the most radical political faction to stay in power even declining the proposal from the Israeli incumbent opposition leader Yair Lapid to permanent ceasefire in Gaza and release Israeli hostages while offering complete support in own coalition with PM Netanyahu’s government.

The overreach by Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid was sound going back several months ago that was turned down by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The decision accepting Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid’s alliance to free hostages and ceasefire in Gaza could have saved hundreds of lives in the war zone and reunited now deceased Israeli hostages with their family. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming that removing the PM i.e. self, would only add to severity of status quo.

This consideration somehow similarly not  applied by the Israeli PM all around in Gaza, Lebanon and now Iran amidst Israeli PM engagement in regime change in Iran.

Juxtaposed Israel’s brutality against Gaza and now Lebanon as well as across the region over 1200 Israelis who died in Hamas attack on Israel’s watch emerging from Israel controlled occupied entire Palestine especially Israel introduced and appointed Hamas in Gaza.

Does Israel’s indifference to Corona victims in Israel due to then lack of any threat to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival?

The political setback and massive uprising against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for destabilizing democracy by neutralizing Israel’s highest court  – the Supreme Court set to investigate corruption scandal hovering over the Israeli PM.

The situation later ensued following the Israeli Prime Minister upending of democracy. The security lapse inviting Hamas attack. That in return creating unique opportunity to divert national and global attention away from Israel’s domestic turmoil.

The position until now retained by Israeli Prime Minister expanding warfare costing American taxpayers to the point of their poverty and economic plight for many with no end in sight.

The Israeli PM Netanyahu dismissal of Israelis protests over hostage crises many hostages admittedly killed by Israeli air strikes and ground invasions in Gaza per IDF report.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has not even demanded compensation for COVID related Israeli deaths in thousands from China, EU with WHO collusion with China in withholding information on virus transmission, United States funding the SARS COV2 experiment in Wuhan lab, China with no oversight and the vaccine deal in 2015…there are more than enough reasons to pursue these major players culpable and liable in the preventable historic health disaster unleashed on human population.

Yet Israel like the rest of the world remained complacent to COVID mortality on own turf.

Whereas Israel’s wrath over Hamas on 1200 Israeli lives apparently justified in conflating the war across the border in Lebanon transforming what was supposed to be a week or two operation in Gaza on October 8, 2023 into a year long battle in October 2024 entirely financed by United States Harris administration and weaponized by the U.S. and western allies with Germany in the lead.

Israel clearly lost the war in Gaza without being able to free all hostages well and alive alongside sparing the innocent children and infants in Gaza slaughtered in the Genocide with millions now forced into deaths from starvation and malnutrition in the denial of access to humanitarian aid.

Israel’s protracted war funded by United States in the forefront up until now is also responsible for the super inflation experienced in the United States and globally with rising fuel costs as Israel targets Iran’s oil fields and refineries in the unbridled destructive conflict evidently solely for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s own political salvation.

The irony amongst all is the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu obsequiousness to ultra radical cabinet members ranging from illegal settlers to fanatic ideologues in direct opposition to own citizens demand to end tumultuous longest term in office.

The time and tide inevitably preside over the turn of events against exhausted devastating course.

Padmini Arhant 

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North Korea – Firing Possible Ballistic Missile

March 4, 2022

North Korea – Firing Possible Ballistic Missile

Padmini Arhant

North Korea firing possibly long range ballistic missile landing in the Sea of Japan on Mar 5, 2022 i.e. Saturday local time is confirmed by Japan’s coastal guards and defense ministry.  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has also verified the information to this effect reported by international news agency. 

The latest ballistic missile is stated to be ninth since the beginning of the year 2022.

At whomsoever behest, North Korea has resumed missile launching this year, the ill-advise is best not adhered to in North Korea and the neighbors’ safety and security interests. 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un maintaining the peace agreement with partner South Korea and delivering further in sincere efforts to abandon old ways that has brought tremendous pain and suffering to the peace loving citizens in North Korea is critical for the sovereign nation North Korea.

Similar expectations from across the DMZ line in South Korea and near by Japan facing constant threats are to be met by North Korea demonstrating trustworthiness in honoring the peace deal.

The violations from North Korea are unnecessary provocation that are neither helpful nor constructive in negotiations on sanctions relief. 

The ballistic missiles of any kind whether short or long range with nuclear capability are not to be experimented now or in the future by any nuclear states or nuclear aspirants in the world.

The issues are far too many and humanity confronted with enough challenges like the lingering global pandemic and Ukraine crisis among several developments. 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un exercising restraint and adopting peaceful approach would exemplify North Korean leadership’s commitment to peace and denuclearization. 

It is never too late to pursue and persevere peace over unnecessary and unwanted confrontation.

The Korean peninsula and South East Asian region deserve tension free environment that has caused enormous barriers in economic trade and activities until recently depriving North Korea long overdue economic growth and development.

The choice is clear between peace leading to progress and prosperity and conflict yielding decline and failure. 

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New Year Speech 2020 – Global Economy & Nuclear Status

January 26, 2020

New Year Speech 2020 –
Global Economy & Nuclear Status 
Padmini Arhant

Dear Citizens of the world,

Happy New Year!

The relevant topics are global economy and nuclear status.

I begin with a reminder that the actions and decisions in the past have led to the present and upon no acknowledgment to this effect or efforts to remedy the erroneous and egregious indulgence would continue to be the future that is neither desirable nor feasible.

I share my thoughts and concerns over current events and developments along with status quo maintained over a century that has long been affecting humanity in the emerging and developing economies in the world. The idea of supremacy prompting dominance over population in the nations forced to remain weak and vulnerable allowing major powers having gained such status from illegal invasion and colonization exploiting those nations natural resources and human capital prolonged until today through military interventions and direct economic control via free market and free trade agreements disproportionately benefitting the multinational corporations of the western world.

When free market economy was floated under globalization luring developing nations to facilitate foreign investments, the governments of the emerging and developing nations accommodating and implementing the foreign direct investments (FDI) fail to protect the domestic environment having impact in formal and informal sectors largely comprising retail industry, small and medium enterprise (SME) together with other sectors in the economy. The emerging and developing nations’ agricultural,  farming, cattle raising, animal husbandry increasingly compromised for industrialization in addition to foreign corporation like Monsanto exerting aggressive influence over governments not barring displacements upon those states farming community resistance to any harmful products yielding massive losses in harvest and crop reduction. These issues largely ignored thus far despite validity in farmers’ suggestions for appropriate measure suitable to those nation’s climate and economic conditions. The foreign direct investment upon meeting relevant employment, environment and necessary arrangements on safety and security of local work force as well as impart training in the respective industry would be viable to boost economic growth. However, the emerging and developing nations invitation to FDI should only be in areas of economy lacking in that technology, industrial know-how and engineering to preserve the generic aspects of the domestic economy.

Unfortunately, the globalization has enabled Multinational Corporations (MNC) monopoly of international markets against the idea and essence of free market economy aiding fair competition and consumer options in pricing, quality and other determining factors contributing to profitability.  There is no doubt that market economy is the way for constructive and steady growth provided equal opportunity and healthy environment for all businesses to compete effectively without having to submerge or submit to bigger enterprise and conglomerate’s vigorous mergers and acquisitions prevalent in proportion to financial and market capitalization. The contemporary trend endangers free flow of economic activities and innovations subject to major corporate discretionary and privileged status. Notwithstanding the macro management of the economy under few multinationals in different sectors of the economy whether energy, finance, banking, defense, aviation, health care, technology…among the prominent players holding the key to economic prospects not necessarily shared across the spectrum or letting mega profits to trickle down to the bottom.

As a result, the major corporate i.e. bigwigs’ clout over politics through campaign financing, bidding on candidacy and outright oligarchy governance undermining democracy and electoral process besides stymieing judiciary, environment rules and regulations and labor laws are customary practice. Capitalism left to benefit all competing in the domestic and global market would lead to desperately required universal growth and development.

In contrast, Capitalist socialism granting financial bailouts at ordinary taxpayers expense, financial scandals and frauds committed in some economies with offenders absconding from their country of origin never to return due to severe banking and financial mismanagement exacerbating economic woes and gross negligence in the misuse of public funds in the banking industry.

The worst is multibillion dollars mega corporations enjoying special status from political lobbying for tax breaks end up paying zero taxes and often subsidies meant for boosting job growth and productivity are utilized in enhancing top 1% personal wealth while the rest are bereft of any benefits within corporate structure and in the economy. The anti trust laws curbing too big to control in the economic sector are necessary for systematic capital flow, goods and services that would be precursor in all fronts and inflation in particular without having to artificially adjust prime rate on lending and borrowing to control inflation or stagflation experienced by some emerging and developing economies in the fading positive growth affecting aggregate output and current account deficit.

Though market economy is a better system in creating and generating new independent concepts and methods in different areas of the economy, the public funding and national revenues from taxes and  consumer spending must be invested back in citizens lives such as universal health care, free education, retirement savings, social security benefits and unemployment benefits to alleviate poverty and preventable disease. Additionally, small business loans for marginalized segments, women, army veterans and physically challenged citizens to live a life with dignity deserves government attention and action. The public funds should also cater for infrastructure starting with proper roads, highways, bridges, railways etc. in the wide angle. At the municipal level in the developing nations and emerging economies, the sewage system eliminating manual cleaning designated to the so-called lower caste demography eg. in India under archaic caste hierarchy is long overdue. The modern techniques providing the operatives proper gear safeguarding them from health hazards and other environment pollutions is the least expected from local governments and authorities responsible for safety and healthy working conditions in society.

The other aspects in the economy are fair trade over free trade long been debated without any movement in that direction. The latest initial agreement reached between United States and China might be welcome among businesses with manufacturing and assembly base in China like consumer goods and electronics laying prolonged uncertainties to minimal effect. China’s currency (yuan) management either in devaluation or futures market and foreign currency options trading…are a trade advantage for the nation positioned as manufacturing hub in the global economy. The most favored nation (MFN) status with United States and World Trade Organization (WTO) membership are undeniably advantageous to China in clinching trade deals with nations near and far. This has been the major factor among other favorable means for China’s exponential rise as economic power in the past two to three decades.

China is also one of major creditors of United States and Eu together with Africa, the Far East and other developing nations like Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal…in the Indian sub-continent. The policy continues to undermine economic conditions especially for the developing nations unable to match China’s voracity in gaining market share with diverse techniques and strategies not always conforming to global trend.

There is an immediate requirement for balanced trade opportunities among all nations to maintain economic stability and sustainability in the global economy alleviating the debt burden on economies expected to succumb to extraordinary financial constraints and debt servicing denying them prospects for economic improvement. The economic packages and financial deals to bail out economies in EU and China’s debtors are far from invigorating growth with less or no focus on stimulus instead centered on privatization of state owned companies and public assets like telecommunication and utilities, national ports takeover for example the Hambantota maritime port in Sri Lanka and draining national reserves towards debt payments in the current economic setting. These are some of the anomalies behind growing economic disparity and stagnancy in the developing nations’ situation.

Furthermore, the financial assistance from IMF and World Bank bind developing nations’ economy in debt cycle burdening the present and future taxpayers in enormous sovereign debt with no hope of revival reflected in the economic health of nations in Africa, South and South East Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Again, EU and European Central Bank (ECB) funded economies yet to recover from 2007 global economic recession primarily due to austerity tied to funding without any incentives for simultaneous growth requiring investments to create and retain jobs, industrial expansion and trade facilities in the macroeconomic scale.

Monetary aid from international financial authorities subject economies to stringent criteria to reduce fiscal deficit targeting loan repayments and financial commitments invariably stunting economic growth and productivity. The developing nations fall victims to such financial deals leaving the population in poverty and vast majority struggling to make ends meet with no structural planning and programs to jumpstart economy.

While the lending process aggravate debt accumulation on developing nations in particular, the other dimension drowning economies is illegal economic sanctions aimed at only non-western nations to oblige major western powers stipulations having never experienced the slow painful death inflicted on people of these states depriving them of food, medicines, vital goods and services for survival.

Western powers together with UN Security Council P5+1 imposed economic sanctions is by far brutal warfare waged against the citizens of any country under the pretext of punishing governments, leaderships or military wing declining western terms and conditions favoring western prospects and influence transforming the state sovereignty to vassal statehood. No western nation subject to economic sanctions or their leaderships authorizing illegal warfare, drone strikes and terror sponsoring that have been carried out throughout history and more so in the past decade up until now ever investigated for gross human rights violations and war crimes that has been tried on non-western heads of the state and their representatives from Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

UNSC economic sanctions premised on human rights violations, political rights and especially nuclear activities are loosely and arbitrarily justified against non-western nations including military actions to further enhance P5+1 economic opportunities and strategic dominance in those regions conforming to P5+1 legacy on invasion, occupation and territorial annexation continuing unabated until today.

In view of the past and present conspicuous bias and partisanship against non-western nations, UNSC P5+1 or unilateral economic sanctions from United States, Israel and any other western and allies enforced sanctions on economic trade and monetary transactions related to commerce is null and void. Reiterating above statement that economic sanctions is a direct warfare against people of those states without providing them a chance to defend or present their position to resolve any issues amicably through diplomacy and direct dialogue at the highest level.

In the absence of similar actions against western nations on persistent numerous violations since economic sanctions became the pattern against non-western nations, the population in these parts of the world unfairly pay the price with their lives, livelihood and future. The economic sanctions freezing trade activities and bank accounts of sovereign nations is illegal and could no longer bind on the basis of selective few members’ discretion to serve their exclusive interests.

In a nutshell, Capitalism could thrive with pertinent oversight on banking and finance together with compliance on environment, employment laws without flouting ethics, stymieing judiciary, general code, ordinance and legal requirements in domestic and foreign domain. Capitalism without corruption and cronyism to dominate politics could lead to stable economic growth and viability.8

On Nuclear matter – Nuclear threats and options unequivocally endanger humanity and the world at large experienced in the past and present century viz. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, toxic agents like napalm used during Vietnam war, nuclear components such as depleted uranium against Iraq, nuclear laden missiles on Syrian Skies in the eight years of war beginning in 2011, US and NATO carpet bombing in Libya on March 19, 2011, deadly chemical and biological warfare continued through terror outfits in the Middle East until now, white phosphorous used against densely populated residential targets in Gaza, Palestine are some of many activities by United States, NATO and Israel with and without UNSC authorization producing scores of casualties and still counting in the war zones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Africa.

Then there are short range and Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) that are in possession   of nuclear powers besides nuclear submarines, instruments and projectiles with earth shattering capabilities at momentary notice. United States nuclear proliferation and modernization is the impetus for other nuclear powers to follow suit for nuclear readiness. The poignant factor behind nuclear arms race escalation is republican and democrat administrations in the White House routinely reserve the rights to All options are on the table i.e. not barring the use of nuclear force when dealing with nations deemed adversary that cannot be dismissed as slip of the tongue from the US Highest Office. The targeted nations in this instance are compelled to adopt appropriate measures considering United States trajectory on the use of deadly weapons including nuclear arsenal as enunciated above.

Upon careful objective evaluation of nuclear status in the twenty first century, the nuclear powers with unaccounted stockpiles varying in degree and proportions in addition to huge technological vantage are the existential threat to global peace and security. The lack of transparency among major nuclear powers and their counterparts contributes to further complexity in nuclear armament.

The  (strategic arms reduction treaty) START treaty for example between United States and Russia signed in 2010 and ratified in 2011 bringing the agreement to effect on 5th February 2011. The treaty aimed at Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms was a positive step though compliance on both sides to this effect is not verifiable given the lingering mistrust and ongoing reservations against Russia on the purported meddling in United States Presidential election in 2016.

The current administration proposing trilateral nuclear arms control between United States, Russia and China is valid. Nonetheless, the present administration extending the existing 2011 START treaty between United States and Russia due to expire in 2021 following the ten years timeframe with an option to renew for another five years subject to mutual agreement is critical to contain nuclear arms on all sides until the proposed trilateral treaty materialize and comes into effect.

As for the classification on responsible vs. reckless over nuclear status and nuclear ambitions, those who claim themselves to be responsible proved to be otherwise in the history of mankind and in the use of nuclear materials and arsenals so far. Britain’s trident nuclear programme invested in ballistic missiles and submarines alongside France as a known nuclear power in Europe other than NATO allies maintaining nuclear stock piles as de facto nuclear states are significant in terms of consolidated nuclear might.

In the Middle East, Israel’s operational nuclear weapons achieved as early as 1967 and evidently in possession of active nuclear warheads anywhere from 80 to 400 even exceeding the figure released for Britain around 215 with 120 active war heads is a guarded secret. With no acknowledgment of Israel’s nuclear status or International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections on Israel’s Dimona reactor, the nuclear installation near Negev dessert apparently fall under western explanation on nuclear status in national interest.

At the same time, the western and UNSC economic sanctions against India and Pakistan upon their entry in the nuclear club for similar reasons given the adversarial relations fostered between the two neighbors since India’s partition together with the objection to North Korea’s nuclear capability demonstrated in prolonged economic sanctions and clashes in the Korean Peninsula divide the nuclear issue among western and non-western nuclear states granting the former nuclear rights despite colonial legacy and invasions retained well into the twenty first century. The latter on the other hand are characterized as radical for their nuclear status. Perhaps, the same mindset prevailed when the nuclear South Africa under European rule upon gaining independence from western occupation were forced into denuclearization.

With respect to Iran, the nation as described earlier experimented by western policy in displacing the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh with monarchy represented by then crown Prince Shah Reza Pahlavi prompting Iranian revolution shortly after enabling theocratic governance since then up until now. Iran’s status quo once again is the western and Mideast allies reason for the quest on regime change.

Iran’s authorities emphasized on any nuclear ambition as nuclear deterrence and not nuclear defiance. Iran has been placed under rigorous western demands and nuclear constraints to abandon nuclear program in the backdrop of drastic economic sanctions costing innocent lives with babies and children deprived of food and essentials in semblance to western sanctions against Iraq. Iran’s nuclear activities has been nowhere near the threshold deserving any actions let alone economic sanctions and constant harassment involving recent murder of the Iranian top General Qassem Soleimani to justify western and allies contempt for Iran’s resolve to stay on course.

Unlike Israel and all other nuclear states combined having had no IAEA inspection or monitoring, Iran has been isolated despite Iran remaining committed to non-nuclear status and non-nuclear proliferation, a path that is a tall order for all those nations in the nuclear club carrying out nuclear activities conducting nuclear subterranean tests, overland, under water and wherever possible as their entitlement.

Iran signing Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ironically with P5+1 and EU, the compulsive  nuclear offenders in their own rights proved in the default not by Iran, but chief signatory, the United States withdrawal from the accord. EU members – Germany, Britain and France recent move to place Iran on notice alongside Germany and Russia agreement to maintain pressure on Iran during German Chancellor Angela Merkel latest visit to Russia clearly defines the nuclear status as P5+1 exclusive rights while denying  the nations whom they target incessantly the right to national defense. The reason, the nuclear powers use to justify unjustifiable nuclear armament by them.

Iran is nothing more than a scapegoat for those unable to sustain their illegal economic sanctions and continuous armed skirmishes against the Shia nation.

On North Korea – The Korean affair is a convenient situation for United States permanent military base in South Korea, Japan and Philippines archipelago creating the scenario for North Korea to test missiles in the face of United States troops presence and ongoing contentious military exercise as well as Naval drills on the Yellow Sea. Notwithstanding the usual economic sanctions against North Korea forcing population into starvation for decades in the non-existing changes from the United States position in terms of troop withdrawal or minimizing military intrusion in the Korean Peninsula that led to North Korea’s nuclear status. Above all, the concerted effort to bereave Korean citizens on both sides from long desired Korea reunification is viewed as threat to United States military activities and hegemonic goals.

Additionally, the de facto nuclear states are Germany and other NATO allies in Europe. In the Middle East besides Israel, Saudi Arabia’s nuclear partners are United States and Pakistan positioned to serve Saudi Kingdom’s nuclear offense against foes in the region.

In the Indian sub-continent, nuclear rivals India and Pakistan’s hawkish elements using nuclear threats cannot be discounted. In fact both nations were brought under the brink of nuclear meltdown during western favored Pakistan’s ex-President General Parvez Musharraf in Kargil war in 1999.  

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi having external forces backing i.e. the western, corporate and UNSC support against India’s interest fomenting fundamentalism and polarization to strip India’s secular status, PM Narendra Modi’s frivolous use of nuclear threat during campaign rallies stating India’s nuclear arsenal are not for keepsake or meant to be Diwali festival crackers and that his government under his leadership would not hesitate to exhibit nuclear potency against Pakistan is emulation of his western counterparts favorite rhetoric – All options are on the table against specific adversaries viz. Iran and North Korea.

In light of global nuclear configuration with all nuclear states engaged in relentless nuclear pursuits and augmentation under the guise of containment, they individually and collectively imperil humanity and environment. Some nuclear nations viz. Israel, India, Pakistan…declined to commit to nuclear non-proliferation arguably citing prominent nuclear powers as the trend setters juxtaposed many non-nuclear states including Iran are committed members of nuclear non-proliferation is noteworthy.

The nuclear powers beginning with United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea together with all other de facto and passive members moving towards nuclear disarmament is no longer an option but a necessity and serious responsibility making this world and environment safe and secure for all species now and in the future.

There could be no preferences or prejudice for one against another in this regard. The nuclear policy designed and retained thus far contributing to unfettered unaccounted nuclear arms race is the norm against sensible logical requirement for nuclear free world.

Furthermore, nuclear site containing nuclear stockpiles prone to nuclear accidents like Chernobyl disaster in 1986 under then Soviet Union controlled Ukraine. Similar incidents related to nuclear arms transportation and submarines operation costing lives in the United States and Russia are barely reported in the era of secrecy and opaqueness. Not to mention the nuclear reactor malfunction triggering Fukushima nuclear chaos in Japan in 2011 in the aftermath of tsunami continues to haunt the citizens in Fukushima Prefecture forming the basis for peaceful protests dispersed with violence near Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, India in 2012.

Importantly, nuclear arms possession, maintenance and refurbishment aided in technology and other modern techniques cost a fortune consuming the bulk of national budget even for economically affluent nations let alone the developing and emerging economies viz. Pakistan, North Korea and India dealing with severe economic crisis unnecessarily caught in the predicament to prioritize nuclear defense or offense over economic growth and development. As a matter of fact, the citizens dyeing from hunger, poverty and disease at an alarming rate in all these years in these nations neglected in strengthening unaffordable nuclear capability at the expense of vast majority.

Accordingly, the nuclear powers without exception rising to the occasion in denuclearization program comprising environmentally safe and diligent disposal as well as destruction of nuclear arsenal of all kinds is imperative for global peace and security. The process must be transparent and comprehensive not exclusive utilizing elite and privileged status to evade responsibility and accountability by any nuclear power and their partners having slighted the urgent termination of nuclear activity on all fronts by all again exempting none whosoever.

Expecting Iran and North Korea to renounce nuclear path with other nuclear powers intimidating them with nuclear options against these two nations is a strategy smothered in hypocrisy. Any civilized world and society would recognize the inherent flaws and exemplify such demands through their renunciation of nuclear status for others’ adherence in genuine care for humanity and earth protection.

Finally, the western policy on economic sanctions inflicting pain and death on ordinary lives to provoke the people against the government they target for regime change constitutes a war crime. The economic sanctions and obstruction in trade and commerce to suppress non-western economies from due progress is a serious violation reeking contempt and bias in the otherwise global economy paradigm inhibiting protectionism upon governments focus on improving domestic economy within through tariffs and import duty.

I will be back to discuss other topics such as the role of United Nations as an international organization in contemporary politics, democracy meaning and purpose and environment connected to climate change and treaty.

I appreciate your patience.

Thank you.

Padmini Arhant

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