What
happened to the fourth of July? What happened to democracy in one of the
greatest nations known to man at this age and time? It’s been a long time since the USA took the
title ‘’great’’ from the British who had self-imposed the word at the beginning
of their name during their conquering days. Maybe for lack of8 a better thing to
do or we could simply blame it on the weather. The United states of America
itself has grown tremendously during the period into a force to be reckoned
with until recently when it transformed into everything it does not stand for.
The
free world, as though often by most and looked up to by most African countries
recently found itself in a dilemma like most African countries. A scenario
where an election which is considered most secure, free and fair turned out to
be a mockery and sham to its citizen. That’s when all the questions started
emerging. The ones about how great and sabotage free the nation really is.
Unlike their African counterparts however, their reaction was the most
disturbing aspect. The expected wide criticism of the process would have in
turn lead to judicial trials and another round of elections like the Kenyan one
as most would have expected. Heads
should have rolled, people incarcerated and all hell should have broken loose
on those individuals who tried to undermine the will of the American people.
Like Osama, Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, they should have stopped local
terrorism in a similar manner and fashion.
According to the events that transpired, its
accurate to say that a thief sits at what is possibly considered to be the
greatest and most powerful elected office in the world. With all the great
names associated with the USA, it’s quite a horror to watch and experience
firsthand the unfolding and making of a computer-generated leader. Thomas
Jefferson, Martin Luther and anyone who contributed to making the USA what it
is are literally rolling and flipping in their graves at the sight of Trump.
Popularly known for his ‘’your fired’’ statement in a television show called
the apprentice, the business man is said to be extremely thankful to the
Russians for making his otherwise known dream into a reality. That goes to say
that behind closed doors, the Russians run the government and its interests. I
bet it does not sound that great right now.
History would have been once again made by the
democratic election of the first female president in the United States of
America. As at now, history will never forget that those elections were flawed
and it happened in the greatest country we know of during our time. A classic
way of importing mischief from African countries where leaders simply bribe,
corrupt and intimidate their way into power. What really happened to the spirit
of the American dream? Is there hope for that great nation? Or is this just the
beginning of the end of what was a great story. The American story. I therefore
close with the words of an open minded and honest thinker who once said, ‘’They
who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety.’’
