Op-ed:
The Doomsday Clock Ticks Loudly
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots /
Right Side Patriots Radio
The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not
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“
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” - J. Robert Oppenheimer's words spoken as he witnessed the first
detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945.*
Over the past few months I've briefly mentioned in some op-eds and
on Craig Andresen and my “Right Side Patriots Radio” show about how the
world's top three “superpowers”...the United States, Russia,
and China... need to join together to help in calming down the still
escalating tensions that have become the mainstay of today's
international political discourse, especially in regards to Iran and
its widely dispersed, terrorist driven, proxy armies. And why is
such an alliance needed now more then ever before...because without
it, it's only a matter of time before any given nation or rouge
operatives in possession of nuclear weapons decides to take matters
into their own hands.
Simply, a resetting of the
“Doomsday Clock” needs to
happen post haste for there are way too many
“bad actors”...most
especially the mullahs in Iran...still calling the ever
volatile
“geopolitical” shots. How so? For starters it's
important to remember that while the United States is the
world’s most powerful nation with the most advanced overall
military capabilities to date, Putin's Russia is right behind in the
number two position, and what some don't know is that they actually
possess more nuclear weapons than we do...as in 5,580 armed nuclear
missiles with 1,710 of them being deployed, to our 5,044 and 1,670
nukes respectively. And while this leaves China behind in third place
not to be forgotten is that China has the largest numbers manpower
wise...as in two million active duty military personnel...in addition
to their having 500 armed nukes with 24 of them being deployed, plus the
fact that they do have the world's largest economy no matter that we
have a higher per capital GDP. And when the economic factors are
melded into China's still formidable military capabilities, one can
see why we three nations must learn to work together before the
“doomsday clock” hits zero.
And so with Russia’s increasing dependence on
Chinese imports, their respective leaders are getting a wee bit too close
for our comfort as what can become a
“locked in stone”
economic and military alliance between these two nations could well
propel that alliance...what some are calling an
“axis of power”...into a jointly held number one
“superpower” position. Not good folks, not good at all nor
is the fact that with the numbers I just stated, leads one to wonder why
did we...as in the world leaders...allow the proliferation of nuclear
weapons to reach the numbers that it did for the reality is that
those numbers dictate that we are no longer talking just about a
possible nuclear war between a few nations, but about the total
destruction of planet Earth, our collective home.
So how do we sever, if you will, what seems to be a still growing
and dangerous Russia/China love fest or what President Trump has
rightfully said is “Russia and China uniting.” Simply, the
three “superpower” nations must, for the sake of the
world, put their internal politics and personal hatreds aside and
start looking at the much larger global picture, for the fact
remains, whether for better or worse, that we are indeed all in this
together.
Besides, with the U.S., Russia, and China forming what would then be
known as the
“superpower alliance”...said
“alliance” could become if not the
key catalyst for lasting peace per se, at least it could be the touch
off point that leads to some semblance of global
“stability”...including
“stability” of the economic kind. And
with said
“stability” in place we would see world
economics actually starting to right itself on its own, thus helping
to end what many still see as the
“inequities” between
rich and poor nations, the very thing that at times tends to be one
of the main reasons for war.
And here let me state that I am not looking at the situation we're
all facing through rose colored glasses, but through the tangible
reality that encompasses both common sense and logic, for the fact is
that if we stay the course that we're now on it will be too late to
reset the always ticking “doomsday clock.”
"The time has
come now, when man must give up war. It is no longer rational to
solve international problems by resorting to war."
- so said Albert Einstein shortly after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
So knowing this, the all
important question now becomes, how do we get the United States,
Russia, and China to put aside their differences and talk of war, and
actually form the aforementioned “superpower alliance?”
First, I
would think that above all else we must be willing to accept the
similarities between our three nations as being more important than
are our political and ideological differences. And what are some of
said similarities? To start with, we, Russia, and China want to
expand our international influence along with our trade options while
at the same time hoping to increase communication and much needed
transparency between our nations through the art of diplomacy.
Second, the governments of our
respective nations must openly acknowledge that war itself, even for
the victor can, at times, come with a caveat...a caveat that actually
negates ones victory by turning what was physical success into unsustainable,
costly, and long term economic dependency for both sides.
Third, while the U.S., Russia, and
China also want to generate economic growth and prosperity at home,
President Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping must know that
securing economic growth alone is not necessarily the only conduit
for peace because war itself tends to be the number one drainer of
what was a given country's economic success.
Fourth, the “superpowers” must understand that any sanctions imposed are but one side's short term fix that
unfortunately helps to mask the real problem(s) at hand.
Fifth, and lastly, while we know
that for some nations western style democracy...as we deem said
democracy to be...is not now nor will it ever be the “one
size fits all solution” to
their given country's problems for certain core ideologies and
beliefs have been ingrained too deeply within that country's societal
and governing norms to suddenly be replaced by concepts as foreign to
them as their concepts are to us. But that does not mean we cannot
accept those differences...minus the inclusion or acceptance of
physical violence of course...while the “superpower
alliance” moves forward in its
“stabilization” endeavors to eventually help secure a lasting peace.
In other words, with what would be the combined power of the United States, Russia, and China working together as one
cohesive unit the chance for peace and
“stability”
increases ten fold for few nations would be willing to take on such a
triad of power...few nations except for Iran that is. But why would
Iran do so...simply because the world's largest
sponsor of terrorism believes they are fighting a “Holy War” against not only the West
but against all non believers. Remember, uncontrolled
religious fervor of any kind is seen by its followers as both
a justification for war and for unbridled violence, thus making
“Holy Wars” particularly dangerous, destructive, and hard to
squelch. And this is the type of war Iran's mullahs are
fighting...this is the war the
“superpower alliance” would
be fighting against whether at this point in time they would be
willing to admit it or not.
“The greatest threat facing
humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear
weapons.” - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's words of truth first spoken on July 11, 2010.
And so here it's important to remember that while
Russia and Iran have currently solidified their military and
their political ties to some degree, there are caveats attached to those
ties. First, Putin's primary reason for
catering to the mullahs revolved around Russia's flaying economy, and
its desperate need for Iranian oil. And second, it was because Putin was desperate to find any means by which to circumvent the imposed Western sanctions. But, if you were to take away Russia's need to depend on Iran for its oil...say
with the U.S. selling Russia oil at a much lower price than Iran ever
could while also lifting some of the sanctions...with our selling oil
to Russia actually becoming the first step...then Russia having ties
to Iran would actually become a political liability to them, Why
so...because any country having ties to the world's leading sponsor
of terrorism is seen as a willing obstacle to peace.
Simply, it not only makes economic sense for Russia to be part of
the “superpower alliance,” but
it makes sense logistically as well. How so...because
Russia...because
Vladimir Putin...knows well that a nuclear armed
Iran would not only change the delicate balance of power and
influence in the Middle East, but would see Russia's already huge
investment...militarily and monetarily wise...in the area basically
being either neutralized, negated, or replaced.
And as for China, who in their eyes sill considers itself to be
“non-interventionist in nature,” they would benefit from such
an
“alliance” because with their current economy actually
thriving on dealing with countries in conflict, their being in said
“alliance” would actually not cause injury to China's own
interests, but would actually see their own economy growing even
stronger than it would by either standing alone or with a nuclear
armed and ever so dangerous Iran. After all, self preservation does
trump both world opinion and misplaced political ideologies.
And here it's important to know that war itself, sadly, is part of
human nature...man's history itself proves that to be true...but
there is a difference between a war and possible total nuclear
annihilation. And so, at this point in time, we do need
to take a step back and start focusing on our aforementioned
similarities and common grounds, and less on our differences and what
are usually indoctrinated hatreds.
So the only way to speed that
process up, in my opinion, is for a
“superpower
alliance” to remove from the world
discourse those whose mission is to perpetrate hate and violence as
the means to their personally decided end. Countries like Iran, from
which most of the hate and violence in today's world originates from,
must either institute a change in leadership on their own or face the
consequences of nations united together who will do it for them. And
while nuclear weapons are not needed to do so, the threat of using
them is. And that alone should wake up those still slumbering in
their own brand of “nuclear winter”
delusions.
Always
remember, the words of Albert Einstein who wisely stated that, “I
don't know how World War III will be fought, but I can tell you what
they will fight the fourth World War with — sticks and stones.”...that is if anyone is left alive to throw them.
Case closed.
Copyright © 2025 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.
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