Foreign policy news are everywhere. North Korea wants talks with South Korea about nuclear issues. North Korea wants participation in the Winter Olympics, which will take place in February of 2018. North Korea and America are in conflict. North Korea wants the U.S. to end exercises in the region while America wants North Korea to stop its nuclear program. Also, Trump has threatened North Korea with military action if it doesn't comply to his agenda. Trump recently talked about his nuclear button is bigger and is more powerful than Kim Jung-Un's nuclear button. Such rhetoric is not akin to a real, positive foreign policy agenda. Trump has withdrawn aid to Pakistan in the form of $255 million in military aid and has threatened to eliminate aid to the Palestinians. Trump is a total extremist. In Iran, there are massive protests. The people are protesting to oppose economic inequality (as Western sanctions have crippled the economy of Iran with an unemployment rate of 12%), poverty, joblessness, higher food prices, and democratic freedom violations. The protests began last Thursday in Iran’s second largest city, Mashhad, and the neighboring centers of Neyshabur and Kashmar, then spread to the capital Tehran and more than three-dozen other cities and towns spread across the country. It is no secret that the neoconservatives, FOX News, and other reactionary entities are exploiting the legitimate grievances of the Iranian protesters as a means for them to promote a pro-U.S. client state in Iran. So, we support the right of protesters to oppose injustice. Yet, we also aren't naive and we desire independence in Iran among its citizenry.
At first, I didn't want to mention anything about this issue. Yet, something in me just propelled me to mention the truth in season and out of season. So, I decided to type my thoughts on this Umar Johnson vs. Tariq Nasheed situation. First and foremost, it is important to show that both of their actions are not what real, mature men should do. What I see among both men is that there are cursing each other out, using the N word against each other, and threatening to fight each other over personal and ideological disagreements. That is not right. A real person can handle critique without using or threatening violence. Second, I have ideological disagreements with both men. Tariq makes it his pastime to curse people out who disagrees with him and he is known to promote dating advice that is misogynistic and plan inaccurate. His early books promotes macking and exploiting women for sexual, personal gain (which is similar to the PUA movement Tariq called this sick, hedonist agenda his "mack lessons"). For example, The Art of Mackin’ was his book released in 2000 on being a player. In 2005, The Mack Within was meant to make every man a player and a true mack. In 2009, he released The Elite Way: 10 Rules Men Must Know in Order to Deal With Women. He’s even released books that further exploit men and women called Play or Be Played in 2004 and the Art of Gold Digging in 2008. To this day, Tariq Nasheed hasn't repudiated that sick, misogynistic philosophy and he hasn't repudiated his disgusting books about "macking." Tariq is known for making jokes that mocks the physical appearances of black people in very disturbing, disrespectful ways (which is a sign of colorism and self hatred. Recently, Tariq used an IG post to mock Umar's appearance and mock Esther Rolle's physical appearance in an offensive way. Any black person who mocks and disrespects Esther Rolle's physical appearance is totally wrong and is anti-black period. Esther Rolle did a lot for black people period and she should be respected 100 percent). Tariq Nasheed produced his Hidden Colors series (which shows some truth mixed with great errors and falsehoods). Umar Johnson was on Hidden Colors 1 and both were allies. Now, they are adversaries. Umar Johnson has yet to show real accountability financially involving his proposed school. When black men and black women ask him legitimate questions about the money, Umar goes into a tangent and demonizes those people. Umar loves to try to intimidate people, but I fear nothing but God. Also, many of his views are a mixture of accurate views and overt bigotry.
Umar Johnson is now trying to threaten to beat certain people up and use ad hominem attacks against black people (he called black people "trifling black folks" because of his funding efforts. There are controversies on whether he has a real degree in psychology or not. He also mocked the name of Boyce Watkins too). The family of Frederick Douglas has criticized Umar Johnson because of his words about Douglas. Therefore, both of those males (Tariq Nasheed and Umar Johnson) are distractions. There is a clear difference between accurate, authentic Black Scholarship (which focuses on true Black Consciousness. John Henrik Clarke, Malcolm X, Dr. King, and other Brothers and Sisters have shown true black scholarship for a long time) and the Hotep Movement (which revels in misogynoir, inaccuracies, bigotry, and vulgarity). The truth is that being pro-black doesn't mean acting in an immature fashion filled with vile rhetoric. Being pro-black means yes we love our Blackness (and we love Africa), but we don't express unjustified hatred against another human being because that person happens to be another color. That means (in being pro-black), we respect black women (Tariq and Umar are known for making false statements about black women involving hair, dating, etc. Umar and Tariq are known to promote archaic, false, and Victorian views on dating and relationships. Tariq is known to call women out of their names when they disagree with him). Dr. King teaches us about tolerance and human rights. Malcolm X after his Hajj spoke openly about the brotherhood of humanity in his speeches. Therefore, we have to deal with reality and that reality is that the liberation of black people is a must, but we have to use logic, real solutions (in dealing with fighting poverty, expanding health care, expanding black cultural growth, growing housing, growing black enterprises, promoting pan-African unity, etc.), and honesty in getting us to that point of true black liberation.
There is much talk about conspiracies. The truth should be known about these things. We should reject the 2 extreme views. One extreme view says that no conspiracies existed in human history (which is a lie). The other extreme says that every event is a product of a large conspiracy (which is another lie). So, we have to use logic, historical analysis, and rational thinking to decipher the difference between real conspiracies and just plain conspiracy theories. Real conspiracies are real. They have existed for thousands of years. 2 examples are that the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and Brother Malcolm X are products of conspiracies. Many men were involved in their deaths and they used tactics in getting their wicked deeds accomplished. Also, Operation Ajax in Iran and Operation Gladio are real conspiracies relating to foreign policy matters. We know about the CIA's corruption for decades and about the acts of Allen Dulles. Allen Dulles was involved in the Bay of Pigs failure, the coup in Guatemala in 1954, and Operation Ajax (which was about British and American intelligence working together to get rid of a democratically elected leader of Iran named Mohammed Mossadegh after he nationalized the oil supply in Iran).
Operation Mockingbird, which was a 1950's CIA program used to manipulate the media and show propaganda is a real conspiracy. One of the most sinister conspiracies of our time is FBI's COINTELPRO. That was a plan by the FBI to suppress and stop progressive movements for social change from civil rights groups, Black Power organizations, feminist groups, anti-Vietnam War organizations, Native American liberation groups, Puerto Rican independence groups, and any group that the FBI claims was detrimental to the status quo (or what they call "subversive"). Under that program, the FBI used many illegal tactics and infiltration constantly. Back during the 1970's, the Church Committee (this was a Senate committee which exposed corruption done by the intelligence community from the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.) documented the illegal surveillance done by the FBI under COINTELPRO. Everything that I have mentioned here, you can look it up too. False conspiracies involve things like UFOs created Stonehenge or aliens creating D.C. Therefore, we have to use our minds in order to see the truth. The truth will set you free.
By Timothy
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