Hell the world is on fire!
With the hottest spots around the globe getting hotter by the minute, world leaders had better bring the A game in the next two weeks. We have Greece on suicide watch as its citizens hit banks in droves to cash out in euros before they do something stupid in the election booth Sunday.
Fearing the worse, Europe is holding its collective breath hoping the 80% of Greeks polled indicating a desire to remain in the euro zone don't vote recklessly. We're looking forward to the outcome of Greece's second attempt to form a viable government, since failure to do so could trigger the unraveling of Europe's woefully imperfect union.
Watching Spain shake $hitless in the face of soaring borrowing cost will have to suffice for fun, until Greek ballots are counted and the markets react.
Thursday, Egyptians realized they'd been robbed of their revolution and are heading back Tahir Square. Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated parliament must be dissolved. Following that punch in the face, the court added a knee to the nutz by allowing former "buds" of Hosni Mubarak's government be allowed to hold political office. Adding a sharp stick to the eye of Egypt's wounded democracy, the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced they would now be overseeing the writing of a new constitution. Ain't that some sh*t!
Activists demanding real reform see these rulings bringing back the bad old days all over again and poorly repackaged at that. Not a stupid bunch by any measure, Egyptians are planning to hoop and holler in the streets until they can break the grip of deeply intrenched forces hellbent on keeping control. With little to lose, its back to the tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and of course the secret police cracking down on the down-low.
Unfortunately, Syria remains hell on earth and nobody's even got a ice chip's worth of solutions to cool the heat . Inexplicably tardy in demanding an arms embargo against Basha al-Assad's regime, the UN Security Council is hastily trying to throw something on the table that'll satisfy the Russians who clearly couldn't give a good God Damn.
Frankly, the world is on fire and with the speed global leadership moves these days, the devil will probably take a piss to douse the flames first. When the G-20 meet in Los Cabos Mexico there will be hell to pay if nobody's not ready to do more than schedule another summit.
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