State of the world

Mr. Ben Emata

PRESIDENT Rody Duterte made the biggest mistake in his life when he fabricated facts and lied to the public relative to the alleged bank accounts of Senator Antonio Trillianes III in several countries. His [Duterte’s] credibility was horribly damaged and people now will always have doubts to anything he would say.  He diminished his posture as chief executive of the land to that of ordinary men in the cockpit or gambling den smoking marijuana. I had always high respect of this gut even before he became president. He is erratic now, maybe because of so much problem in the country that he could no longer understand anymore.
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It seems our planet is in deep turmoil with so many countries expressing disgust, rivalries in business, inventions, military power, allies and a lot others. It is difficult to comprehend, but some leaders’ declarations and pronouncement are just terrifying and helped us to conclude our only world is heading into the future of darkness and the unknown. I am so perplexed and trying hard to analyze things on the surface, but the more I dove deeper, the more I think the danger we are facing. I am utterly lost in the jungle of consistencies and contradictions as I focused so much on the state of our planet.
Look at North Korea, whose young leader Kim Jong Un, talks so much about reducing the United States, a powerful world, power  into ashes and its ally, South Korea vanished from the world map. He threatened to fire a strong bomb in the area near American territory in Guam and to illustrate it more clearly, fired missiles just above the head of Japan. This is losing one’s mind and the danger is if Japan loses its understanding, it can end up in war. Speaking about war, naturally the allies of Japan will come forward and join the fight. Man should watch his mouth because it can easily invite others to a fight.
At the United Nation
general assembly, delegates from North Korea walked out as President Donald Trump was about to  deliver his speech where he also threatened to destroy North Korea, the talkative country with fire and fury. Speaking of armaments and readiness for war, the United States is more superior than anyone else. It does not show off its military capabilities, but certainly its strength is far beyond the imagination of the world. For one thing, America does not brag anything but is willing to police the planet for extreme peace, development and progress for all men.
Tension is escalating rapidly between Japan and North Korea.  The same thing exists between the United States and Russia relative to the on-going war in Syria. The Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, among others are at odds with China for the latter’s adventure of expansionism that touched  part of our territory in the Spratleys--and other dreams to rule Asia first before other places. In Europe, states like Poland, Germany, England, France and other neighbors are not happy about Russia’s program of invasion.  It has recently annexed Cremea and immediate areas that certainly warned others of some possible problems to come. Naturally, everyone is preparing against the worst thing that may happen anytime.
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I was shocked at the incident in Mexico that was hit by massive earthquake this week. Initial reports disclosed more than 200 people were killed and the number is rising as rescue operation goes on full swing. I am just praying that such incident will not happen in our place, more especially that many of us are hard up in life and at most be able to cope up with a huge disaster like that one in Mexico. Anyway, I urge our government and people to be alert and prepared should one strikes. Earthquakes  cannot be predicted and when it strikes, it is a major problem.
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President Duerte catapulted to power because of his vow to eliminate criminality in the country.  What actually happened is a crime has tripled and is taking place in many parts of the country.  I can see that killing criminals is not effective.  Maybe we should change our mind and study further what to do.
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While fighting is happening  everyday in the country, our politicians also are busy in-fighting against one another. Some senators are wildly misbehaving and trying to prove one is better than the other in term of honesty? Foolishness?  Of course, I admit many are good and reliable. I guess they should appear to be respectable and honorable.
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President Duterte sent his wife  as delegate to the United Nations general assembly in New York. That was absolutely wrong. He could have sent his ambassador or any government executive.  His wife is a private person and has no relation to government service. The UN general assembly is not a private affair.  It is an international organization of countries. (Bennex News Service)