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Let me freely admit: America frightens me. These days. Not only in my capacity as a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, but also as a citizen of the world. That country has made me afraid to visit there because of the distinct fear that has built up in me that I could be set upon by members of its police and military forces as a result of mistaken identity or mischaracterisation of my status as a visitor on its violent streets.
I could be carted off to jail or some other god-forsaken evil holding facility. Or my country could be invaded by God’s Chosen One. Or my Prime Minister spirited away after our capital city is bombed into submission and prostration. Or I could be bombed into shreds while fishing in my coastal waters.
It’s happening under 45/47 these days. He is practising the old adage ‘Might is right’ or, as we say it in Trinidad and Tobago, ‘He’s wrong and strong.’ He is operating within the belief system where, if he wants a piece of real estate in Denmark, he must have it; never mind that Greenland is a part of Denmark, which is a part of NATO. Never mind either that Greenland lies within reach of America’s deadly long-range missiles.
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