Politics is the art of deception
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has revealed political hypocrisy that is mind-blowing.
I am not talking about the fact that NATO poked and pushed Putin until he reacted as a Russian bear does, with violence and vulgarity. I am talking about the impact the war has on the environment.
Reports suggest that Europeans are returning to coal and Europe who hindered South Africa from coal mining are desperate to buy our coal. The message is clear, poor Africans cannot use coal as coal harms the environment but rich Europe can use coal because Vladimir Putin is a bastard.
Secondly, somebody sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia leading to Europe under the Baltic Sea. Russia and its European partners spend billions of dollars building the pipeline and thus the likely suspect is probably the USA. Currently billions of tons of harmful gases are pouring into an extremely sensitive ecological environment that will cause major long term damage.
Thus, the environmental arguments have all disappeared in favour of political consideration.
Instead of agreeing and implementing the Minsk agreement that stops Ukraine from joining NATO and keeping Putin calm, those arrogant Neanderthals in the West decided to poke the Russian bear.
Vladimir Putin is 70yrs old and unlikely to live another decade. Could the Neanderthals in the West not wait until Putin died and then allow NATO to turn Ukraine into an anti-Russian military base?
The Baltic Sea is now literally boiling and the sky will be polluted by burning coal because the Neanderthals in the West want to show Putin who is boss, whilst Ukrainians die by the thousands.
Ironically, when Africans burn wood and coal to survive they are “savages” and inconsiderate of the environment however when Europeans burn wood and coal it is a necessity and beyond reproach.
When Shell destroys the Nigerian Delta with oil pollution and kills indigenous people who protest and BP turns the Gulf of Mexico in a living hell for marine life, few talk about environmental justice.
We must understand that western political games override environmental issues and that the global ecology only matters when it is convenient and in the interest of Western and European powers.
When we accept that global politics is the art of deception along with its side-kick old style racism, everything makes sense. Then at least we do not need to try so hard to understand the global political games that are not based on rationality or consideration of human or ecological justice.
Cllr Yagyah Adams
Cape Muslim Congress