THE TEN DAYS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

 

In the last ten days, unfolding developments have basically changed the world, regarding both the national security threats facing the United States, and the balance of power in the world. 

First,  The United States imposed a Travel Ban on twelve countries, plus pending bans on thIrty-six  countries, including four Eastern Caribbean states that offer economic citizenships and passports, which constitute a National Security threat, to enter the US. Only if those EC states, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Antigua and Dominica, adhere to strict American standards will their citizens be allowed access to the US.                                                          

Second, The European Union is moving in the fall towards passage of legislation that removes visa-free access to all the EU Member states. The result will be the loss of  visa-free access entry into Europe, by bad actors, using Caribbean CBI passports. 

Third, the United States attacked the nuclear sites in Iran, which have long threatened the Western democracies, as Iran has progressed upon its sanctioned program to possess nuclear weapons, and the ballistic missile capability to deliver them anywhere in the world. The Trump administration, in removing an existential threat, has acted where the past four US Presidents have failed to tread.

It's time for Caribbean leaders to stop following the advice of individuals who have led them to the place where they find themselves in now.