We should take care of our country first The USA

Are we giving the world a good example? Yes, we have a democratic system, but since Obama came to power, I can no longer say that we are an example of Democracy.

It has been over forty years since I came to the United States as an immigrant and a businessman, who created business in the United States with my arrival. To our dismay, I can no longer say that we are an example of a democratic state.

In reference to the recent election in Algeria, I know this country very well, from the time when France was controlling the events. Some seem to criticize Algeria, which is right, from our point of view of Democracy. But we are not an example either.

In reference to the Arab Spring, I’m not sure how well people are informed about what happened. According to my local sources, we, the United States have played a significant role in the uprisings. Alas, this role was premature, and we wanted to democratize the entire Middle East and North Africa at once. Didn’t Obama tell Mubarak, Ben Ali, and Gaddafi to “get out”? In fact we are pushing these countries into the hands of the Russians, who already established their bases in Syria and in Egypt, and are actively supporting Iran. I cannot say that the Arab Spring was a spontaneous movement. The US had its hand in it. I don’t recognize the United States as I have known it when I first came here. It changed entirely.

Who are we to criticize other countries or to impose our ways on them? Don’t you think that is going too far? And now the Europeans are also starting to mix themselves into other countries’ affairs. All while the US is not able to do a thing as a counter-move to Russia’s and China’s moves. Now the US is abandoning the Middle East to divert its attention to Asia Pacific.

I have visited China, and the son of Deng Xiaoping, Deng Pufang told me at that time, “You the Americans do not know what you are doing.” Obama’s policies have not worked in all the Arab countries, and now we want to get between Israel and the Palestinians, while we do not know their history, their capacity and their suffering. Furthermore, now the Europeans are emboldened to step in, while it took them centuries to create honest systems in Europe. Not to forget their attitude in the past. Just to mention a few of them, anti-Semitism, the Dreyfuss Affair, Hitler, etc. As an 83-year-old, I see things much clearer. Neither the Europeans nor the USA should interfere in Israel’s policy. We should let those people live in peace for centuries to compensate for their suffering. As for the Algerians and the Arabs, they too will find their way, to whatever system they will choose to live in peace and prosperity.

Copyright 2014 Emile Tubiana