The severe reaction that was elicited by the June 26 blogposts on Latakia, Tartus, Seville etc (and the audit of the US Govt) took everyone by surprise.
No one was pursuing a vendetta against Wool.
"There had been no governance initiative in the US since 1979-80. Initially, the existing norms were followed, then those were gradually flouted and taken down, till the US Govt became completely dysfunctional. Why were global Communists and Indians and NRIs taken by surprise? Surely it was not possible to redress the problems without discussing US officials and their spouses?"
Understanding US officials and their spouses formed a bulk of Antara's work.
There was Mrs Dodek, it was known she had anxieties about those "with long European aristocratic surnames but who were also comfortable with Hindu rituals and festivities. Such individuals would never agree to Indian democracy being weakened, they wouldn't be afraid of the Vatican, they would never accept the supremacy of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) or Japanese intelligence, whichever was dominating at the moment."
Mrs Dodek had always worried, "the plurality of such individuals, the elitism of those surnames, the impossibility of finding another individual like that", these would always be challenges for the Global South as it attacked the US Govt.
Strange, Japan was a member of the G7 club of wealthiest nations yet also part of the Global South.
Russia used to be the 'second' world, offering Communism and socialism, often part of G7, now it was part of the Global South.
What was the definition of the Global South? Friends of Tagores?
June 27, 2025.
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