The contours of the war and the debate

March 17th, 2024 No comments

Ok it seems to me, that we, more or less, are going for the endgame in the current war in Gaza.

As I understand it, Fatah is coming onto the Israeli side. That is really a good sign. Good sign in the sense, that this means that the Gazans in general is pretty upset about the endless fighting. They are, which is right, pointing fingers at Hamas. So they are looking to ways out. Fatah is a very good option.

Then that gives the Israeli side an opportunity to win by pushing the dialogue with Fatah.

I know that we still need to discuss the aftermath of the war, but we have made quite a few inroads on that debate. So we may actually not be very far from some kind of conclusion.

Then there is the election in Israel, that points to the debate about the how and why’s of the 7´th October.

That debate still is in its infancy, so that is something that we need to find some kind of direction on.

So, all in all, it’s still pretty tough, and the soldiers are doing an amazing job.

But, there is a contour for some kind of solution to the war.

G-d bless the will to do good in this world, may we find peace at the end of this horrible war, and finally be friends.

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The swan leaving the duckpond

March 16th, 2024 No comments

Ok, so for me, there is a new chapter. I have left the Danish duck pond, and I am finally doing what I am supposed to do; work on international politics.

There are several burning issues, and I can’t fix them all. But I can definitely further progress in all.

To make my work transparent and, to be honest, also have some kind of academic career.

I will continue down a path, that I have not had the opportunity to do for a long time; writing books.

Hopefully, this can be a part of the wider academic discussion on the areas that I am currently involved in. Primarily the solidification and founding of the European Union, secondly, the progress of the Royal English house.

The American election is based, for a part, by my ideas. Specifically the economical ideas. But I will write a treatise of economy if by all possible.

If there are some Americans who have ideas on anything, please give me a call. Preferably with some kind of academic basis. Someone has to read the books.

G-d bless the will, to do good, speak well, and act well. G-d bless the peace we will ultimately find at the end of the current debacle in The Middle East.

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Green tech

March 15th, 2024 No comments

Ok, this is the situation regarding the cooperation with the Arab countries.

First I had a really good connection to Abu Dhabi, and I have engaged my friends in the foresting community regarding planting trees in the desert, making the desert a forest.

They are actually really engaged, and we REALLY hope, that it is going to work. We have all kinds of genius ideas, that we hope to share with prince Zayed foundation.

Secondly I have had a connection to Saudi Arabia. Thank you guys, we are talking about investing money in green projects.

I have a really wonderful engine that I am working on, that run on air.

But from there on, I am working with the best engineers in Denmark, to try and combine the ingenuity of Danish green tech and Arab money.

BUT, and this is very important. It has to go both ways, we all have to thrive of this. So my idea is, that if we manage to build relations and get to know each other, hopefully the relationship will work, and we can make something really worthwhile.

It has to be in the interest of Saudi Arabia as well, a win win if you like.

So, it can actually thrive and grow. Making the Middle East more prosperous and greener.

Danish ingenuity and Arab determination may end up making the desert not only blooming but also a source of energy.

So, we will see how this develops. To be honest, getting into the energy sector is difficult, it is a little closed, but with some determination and will, it will happen.

So, we are slowly but surely building relations that will make the peace that we get after the war possible.

Everybody in the Middle East is so tired of war, and wants prosperity and abundance.

We should all work for that, and we can.

G-d bless the peace we can find in the end.

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The federal level

March 14th, 2024 No comments

To really make the EU a place of success, people need to know, what it stands for.

I have tried to pinpoint a place, where the EU both is itself, and also has the ability to shine in terms of international recognition.

It has to balance the American ideal, but also has to be uniquely European.

What really springs to mind is renaissance philosophy. First and foremost Democratic humanism.

A quiet revolution in the ideas of Democratic humanism, is a point, where both European and American ideals merge and find a point of interest.

France gave the US the Statue of Liberty, to support the emerging American democratic revolution. So the French ideals can be a starting point for the EU.

But, and this is very important, it has to balance some of the other major European centers of ideas, mainly that of southern Germany, Frankfurt and the ideas of the Frankfurterschool.

Adorno picked up on the ideas of humanism, written in his very good book; Dialectic of enlightenment, that he actually wrote while he was in the US. A stream of ideas, that really impacted the US a lot, to this day.

So, to really base the new ideas to make the EU a beacon of exactly these ideals, would give the countries a deeper understanding of why we really need a federal level.

G-d bless the will to see the European Union as a continuation of the Frankfurterschool in the mold of both a German and French base with connections to the United States of America. May we find peace and prosperity.

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Being serious

March 13th, 2024 No comments

When you are an artist, you have fans. When you are one of those top tier artists, you have a lot of fans, and become a player.

People like me, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift.

When you get there, what happens is, that you need to be RESPONSIBLE with you influence.

I get to influence world politics a lot, and in order for the other political players to feel, that they can count on you. You have to be responsible, transparent and serious about it.

More often than not, inexperienced artist players start to fight the government, go underground, stand up for weird ideas and generally have no idea what they are doing with their power.

That is why I try to be really responsible with the power I have.

I know, that I have to work within limits, I have to be constructive and work with certain limits to what I do.

I am not in it to be a revolutionary in any sense. I try to work for good in this world.

So, like now. The EU wants me to work for them, I do that. The Middle East is interested in my support for a more stable Middle East, so I do that. The American administration use my ideas to further their powers, so I do that. The British royals use my ideas a lot, so I support the royal house.

But always with respect to the other players in the field.

This is how, to my experience, you manage to survive in the long run. Too many of my friends have just ceased to exist, due to not listening to those around them.

Artists are naturally idealistic. This is often what drives their art. But you HAVE to be pragmatic in politics to exist.

This does not mean, that you have to sell yourself or cannot have limits. I have limits. By I always respect those around me, and respect their red lines.

G-d bless the will to be serious about the outcome of international politics.

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Personal situation

March 13th, 2024 No comments

This is the situation, from a personal point of view.

I know that this may bore some of you, but I thought, that you may want to know a little about the health of the blog.

First of all, I have moved server. I know, that you probably didn’t notice, but it is now hosted on a different server.

I did this, because the other server, though being very high in terms of security (yes there has been hacking attempts) was a bit too expensive for my current finances.

So the new host is the next best in the class in terms of security and half the price, so I changed to that new server.

Secondly, there are good news on my personal financial front. I have got a new job, actually two jobs. One as a caretaker of a young disabled boy with autism, and the other as a caretaker of a young noble man with a disease that takes his muscles away. So I have to look out for his respirator. It’s not going to be that easy. I have to work night shifts, and the pay will not be that good either. But it will definitely pay the rent, and there may even be a bit left for a humble vacation with the kids.

So, they are pretty happy with it as well.

All in all it means, that the blog will be continued at this pace or even a little more content wise.

It also means, that I have stopped any blogging or SOME production in local politics here in Denmark.

I am going to focus 110% on international politics and, make Change in the political sphere.

This means, that all those who are in the Obama faction, are still here to do something with the will of the peoples around the world.

I know, that Change, Green Change and so on is a basis of most liberal political life these days, so it will, for all intents and purposes be a way of compromise, trying to make unity and all the rest, that there is to say about that movement.

So, I just wanted to keep you updated.

G-d bless the will to do good in this world, and may sincerity and truth prevail.

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Reconciliation

March 12th, 2024 No comments

One of the things, that hinder a solution to the war between Gaza Palestinians and Israel is the UNDERSTANDING of what it is each side wants to accomplish.

Let me try and paint the picture from each side, so that maybe we can shed a little light on some of the more deeper mechanisms in action.

Israel wants a victory. What is a victory in a European, war sense.

You can look at the Second World War, where the American/Russian alliance won over the Nazies.

Here Churchill declared victory over the nazies. It is here the Israelis have the term from. Since Churchill is the most successful leader of a Western alliance in modern time.

What happened after the Second World War? There was a dismantling of the nazi infrastructure and a rebuilding of Germany.

This is what Israel really wants.

At the other hand, Palestinian Arabs are not that into European war understanding, and just want to be recognized and have retribution for the colonization of Israel.

So this real issue here is, at least in terms of understanding each other. That each side do not understand the other part.

That is why I have pointed to chief Seattle as an idea. Instead of fighting. Try and find some kind of path to mutual peace.

G-d bless the will to see the Gaza/Israel conflict as what it is, a recalibration of understanding and acceptance of the existence of Israel as a true country in a Middle East frame. Israel is a part of the Middle East, if we continue to see this, it will normalize.

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The situation

March 10th, 2024 No comments

Ok, let’s see if we can deduce the structure of the current Gaza/Israel fight/conflicting points of view.

First let’s see it from a Palestinian view.

The Palestinian Arabs are loosing allies fast, and are in internal disagreement.

Quatar just threatened to let go of the Hamas foreign leadership, and there are no Arab countries that support them anymore.

But, the Iranian alliance is still behind them, though not really with a lot of support. The Iranians are still trying to be nice to the EU connections, and Russia is not that interested in another major conflict.

So, Hamas is loosing ground.

At the other side, the picture is to a degree, in the same dynamics.

The US is still supporting Israel, but the support is vaning. There is a lot of internal disagreement, and no real unified front.

Still there is support from UK, France, but it is not a strong support.

The EU is trying to support a dialogue between the two partners and in that sense is the mediator. Supporting me as well, so that is very good, thank you for that.

If we project this development further into the future, it will mean more of the same. The support will vane for both parties, and thus both Hamas and Israel will have less support.

If we look at the objectives of the war from an Israeli perspective, most if not almost all has been met.

We still miss a lot of hostages, but if I understand the military leadership right, Hamas does not pose any threat in a conventional way. It is a bit difficult to really get a clear picture. Some say that Hamas is beaten, others say, that they are still very active.

So, this is the situation before Ramadan.

In most conflicts you can project the current development to understand, what will happen if you do what you do more.

That means, less support for both factions.

The rest of the world and specifically the Middle East is tired of the conflict just wants it to be over.

I am not saying how and when.

But there is no doubt, that the conflict is effectively diminishing and not getting larger.

There is the threat of terror attacks in Ramadan, we don´t know when and how, but from a country power perspective everybody pushes for peace and are not interested in more war.

G-d bless the will to find some kind of end to this horrible war, and may we find reconciliation. G-d bless the will of the peoples of the Middle East, may they find respite and a possibility for a life with joy and hope and be finally happy and content. May we find the ability to settle the way to the end of this war and may we find peace.

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Well done mr. President !!

March 10th, 2024 No comments

Essentially, the strategy; to show the REAL accomplishments done in the term is good.

It is done without much fuss, but thoroughly, wonderfully appreciative of all that are doing the work.

It is done with respect for the tax payer dollar, and it is done to make a come back of the United States of America.

Really, really amazing.

There will be fights ahead of us, but we got the basic message across to the voters.

Now we have to reinforce this understanding.

Good point also about the visions, we are also doing things AFTER we win the next election.

Just over all, really, really good. 🙂

G-d bless the United States of America.

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Really good state of the Union speech!

Serious, that was just an amazing State of the Union speech Joe. Candid, visionary, honest, refuting the criticism, and telling the American people of what you have actually done.

That is really the recipe forward.

Be on the offensive.

It’s going to be pretty tough, as these elections always are. But we got off to a brilliant start.

Well done, that is a beautiful beginning

G-d bless the will of the people, and may it be for us and recognize all that we are striving to do for them with honest intentions and truth.

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The dream

When we talk about the European Union, we need to understand what the meaning of the Union really is.

Right now, very few think about that, but automatically repeat the political ideas of the time.

It is good, that the Commission thinks about the problems of our time, there is nothing wrong about that, I do it myself all the time.

But the idea of a federal government at the scale of the Federal European Union, is a vastly deeper and more complex architecture than the day to day issues we face these days.

What is a federal government?

A federal government is an organization, that tries to encapsulate the needs of the people of the Union. But more importantly, it is a system that aims at CIVILIZING the society that it controls.

As Rousseau says, we hand over our right to defend ourselves physically to the police, so that we are free of the right of the strong.

In other words, we need to think about the civilization that a federal government creates.

Are we humanistic, what is that, are we democratic, what is that?

We need to start on the deeper reflection of the very idea of the Union.

We can do that. In the US, the US were created by pilgrims, that wanted to create paradise on earth, an Eden.

Point being, that all the FUNCTIONS of government were supposed to be perfect. A perfect police force, and perfect government leading to the Eden on earth.

The Americans actually got pretty far, or is pretty far. They are able give people the dream of living in that perfect society.

Not only that, in many ways Americans live a great life.

Why, because they have kept on dreaming of a society that is perfect.

That striving of making a society that is truly democratic and truly humanistic is the tool to create succes.

G-d bless the will to do good deeds, speak well and have good thoughts.

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Human rights

When we talk about Human rights, I truly believe, that we need to understand what is going on.

Today, we have this FEELING that it is about seeing the individual, and protecting someone.

That is right, but there is so much more to it.

Human rights have two roots.

One is the Mesopotamian root, cities like Ur, Babylon and Eridu. If you read the Bible, a lot of these cities are mentioned. Abraham came from Ur.

The other root is classical Egypt, more precisely the temple of light also called Heliopolis by the Greek. It was called Un by the Egyptian.

In Babylon, the amazing war leader and king Hammurabi made the first laws in Babylon. The point was, that you curb the strength of the strong and help the weak. Thereby making a civil society, where the weak can be protected against the strong. In a society without law, the strong will rule over the weak, in a society that is described in books like “The lord of the flies” by William Golding.

Essentially law is the most important social institution in a society.

In the Egyptian version it is about light or truth. A famous story about the unlucky farmer, who went up against a rich man who tried to steal his land, the farmer cried, that it was the TRUTH that is supposed to rule the courtroom.

This is essentially symbolized in the torch of humanity, the Goddess of freedom, science. It is the same idea that is relayed through time immorial to this day.

So that sounds all fine and we LOVE to talk about it at parties and celebrate these ideas.

However, and that is really the issue. When you try to follow these ideas you always end with the corruption.

When that happens, things get nasty and difficult. Each journalist and sometimes scientists like Galileo get a lot of heat.

That is why it is extremely important that we have institutions, that are free of reins.

Someone who will truly wield these virtues in practise.

If that is the case of the current federal government, and to be honest, it actually seems to be the case, we have an opportunity to make a renaissance.

A rebirth of the ancient humanistic ideals.

Thereby saving Europe, again.

Rennaissances often do that in an ever turning process.

We need to REMEMBER what these ideals are all about, and put them to work. To protect those with no means, idealists and social workers.

It is difficult and ofter dangerous. But the very lifeblood of a civil society is the incorruptibility of the civil servants.

G-d bless the will to do good, thing good and speak good.

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You have to be in your A-game

Ok, these are my reflections regarding the European Union, and its future.

First of all, as one of my American friends once said, she was a beautiful ballet dancer; you gotta work your A-game.

What is really the meaning of that? It means, that you should do what you do best.

Dont do what everybody else is doing, do what you are good at, and then you will succeed.

She became, apart from an amazing dancer, a doctor, a mother and many other wonderful things.

So, what is really the STRENGHTS of the European Union. First of all, what really makes sense is the energy development.

Europe is too dependent on energy from around the world. That has to change. So we are, feverishly, working on an agenda, to Change that.

This points to renewable energy, and getting all that to work in practice.

I am myself really engaged in this, and have a pretty cool project, that I hope to realize.

So, this area is really important, and something that everybody really benefits from, if and when it gets to work.

Good point.

The next is human rights. It really seems to me, that the European Union MEANS it.

The commission supports the Nobel Peace project, that celebrates some of the leading Human rights activists in the world.

So, the heroes of the Union are those, who are actually fighting for Democracy and the rights of the people.

Again a vital point.

The thing is, there are a lot of human rights abuse IN the European Union.

The protection of the rights of the citizens of Europe, through the legal system, is an open winner.

Why would the citizens of Europe support the Union? Because they know, that if their rights are not respected, they can call upon the European high court.

That gives the CITIZENS a motive to support the union.

I know, that it gives a bit of conflict between the national level and the federal level, but more often than not, the national system is not proud about the mistakes they make, and will accept the verdict.

So, these are, right now, two important missions of the Union.

We have to get into our A game, to realize the potential of the Union.

G-d bless the will to do good, think good thoughts, and speak well.

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Terrain

Ok, this is the situation, seen from a strategic point of view.

Let me give an illustration from my own hometown Aalborg, that really sheds light on the current situation in Gaza.

This is not a “choosing sides” post, but an attempt at understanding the pros and cons of the current situation.

500 years ago, we had a huge uprising in Denmark. It was a part of the 100 years struggle, where protestantism and catholicism clashed.

We had a king that supported the protestant faction, and a king that supported the catholic faction.

The “bad guy” of the time was a bishop called “Stygge krumpen”, or something like “evil wretched”.

The faction of the protestants were the ill equipped, and basically consisting of farmers with their scythes.

At the other hand, it was a professional army of knights from one of the German fiefdoms.

So the fight was heavily in favor of catholics.

Enter Skipper Clement, the leader of the Protestant revolution.

He amassed, single handedly, a massive farmer army, and put it up against the pro army.

The first battle was just outside Aalborg, where the two clashed.

To the chock of most of the world of the 15 hundreds, Skipper Clement won, and was the hero of the day.

We still have a massive bronze statue of him just at the outskirts of Aalborg.

What was it, that he did, that made him win the day; you may have guessed it; TERRAIN.

Terrain is the only thing that a farmers army can actually manipulate.

The farmer army was positioned just behind a bog. So, when the pro army of heavy knights came rolling at them, the bog sucked the all up, and the knights became sitting ducks for the farmers.

All hail to Skipper Clement.

Now, if we use this battle to reflect on the current situation on Gaza, what then springs to the eye?

Does Gaza seem like a bog, that sucks the pro army of Israel down?

Not to diminish the amazing bravery of Israeli troops, they are amazing. But they fighting in a bog.

The edge that Israel has in comparison to other conventional armies, is lessened to a massive degree.

So, this is the issue, with the current fighting.

The idea of making tunnels was an idea that was first invented in Vietnam, that was kind of the same fight.

So, what would be the most rational and strategic thing to do?

Get out of the bog, and find a way around it.

It is a simple as that.

Fighting in a terrain that gives you such drawbacks in terms of strategy is not wise.

But, and this is where the lesson of Skipper Clement comes to the fore.

If you change the terrain, you win.

What did the German knights do? They regrouped, and attacked the city of Aalborg (you can still see some remains of that fight).

So they won.

CHOOSING TERRAIN was the key.

So, this is just a tip for the current government of Israel, think about terrain, and you will win.

G-d bless the peace that we can find at the end of this fight.

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Birds Eye point of view

Ok, this the situation, from a birds eye point of view.

First of all, Hamas lives and dies by the sword. The reason why Hamas provoked Israel is the first place, was because they were getting obsolete. Why were they getting obsolete? Because the entire Arab world were getting to a point where we are going to ACCEPT Israel, and live in peace besides Israel.

This process has been going on for at long time, and it is, in these days actually culminating in a uniform support of the cease fire from all the Arab countries. Even Quatar supports the ceasefire.

Now that this has happened, what are we going to do with Hamas, that has no backing anymore?

That is really the issue.

As soon as Hamas gives over its last bargaining chip, that is the hostages, they essentially have no more raison d´etre.

Yes, they are supported by Iran, to some extent. But Hamas is Sunni Muslim, and Iran is Shia, so it is an alliance of common goals, not of shared belief system.

At the end of the day, this is very important for the Israeli leadership to count into the negations. It is important to understand, that this is very last stand of Hamas. When they hand over their last hostages, they are, essentially, without any importance anymore.

So, we should not see their recalcitrance as an evil thing, it is their last stand, and they suffering.

G-d bless the will to understand the fight also from a perspective of sincerity.

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