South Africa's Afrikaner minority is under the microscope with the Trump administration offering refugee resettlement, but that imperils this unique people group.
"In addition, South Africa has taken aggressive positions towards the United States and its allies, including accusing Israel, not Hamas, of genocide in the International Court of Justice, and reinvigorating its relations with Iran to develop commercial, military, and nuclear arrangements."
They said a bad thing about Israel, so America must go after them, and their supposed friendliness to Iran can't stand, since we are ginning up a war with them.
Nearly all of these EOs are just pretenses for other more nefarious purposes, but the headlines which run catch the hungry eye of our side every time.
Point being, our regime is using Afrikaners as a pawn for their own unrelated ends.
It's the thesis of this non-Christian (antichristian sometimes) blogger that the warring in the Ukraine is mostly unrelated to real (or stated) political ends, and is largely an intraglobalist feud that has the side effect of slaughtering Slavs of both countries indiscriminately and indefinitely. In other words, picking a side results in more dead Slavs (unless one side finally decides to use force and end it all, which would be an unacceptable loss to the global order, so it will not happen).
“Consequently, if a line is crossed, the US will have to be more forceful in projecting its power and opening an umbrella of protection with unambiguous consequences.”
The US does not have to do anything, whether someone’s lines are crossed or not.
“The United States was the primary agent in forcing Afrikaners to give up power, so it has a primary obligation to secure their future.”
I don’t necessarily disagree with the first clause, but the second clause does not follow. There is no obligation to secure any particular future. Nor can we. We certainly need to stop creating problems around the world, but also stop trying to solve them, which seems to only create more. It’s quite ridiculous to think that more of the same (sanctions, asset freezing, regime change efforts, peace keeping, etc.) will result in the US benefiting itself or anyone else.
I’m sympathetic and want to help the white Christians in SA, but I also don’t want the US waging another proxy war. I also don’t think it is realistic that the US will have the will to do what is necessary to deliver a sustainable solution, which I do not believe is some mediated two state solution. Even if agreed, it wouldn’t be sustainable.
Resettlement to the US is a generous option that can be provided without a lot of the downsides and hypocrisy that comes with the proposals in this post. It works from a US perspective. Beyond that, I’m not convinced there is a lot more to be done that would be in the interest of the US and actually helpful in the long term.
This is the correct position on foreign entanglements. There are no demands, just a hope that the people who smashed up the house will sweep up the glass before the children cut their feet.
This is very helpful context, thanks.
Another piece to notice is in the EO itself: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa/
"In addition, South Africa has taken aggressive positions towards the United States and its allies, including accusing Israel, not Hamas, of genocide in the International Court of Justice, and reinvigorating its relations with Iran to develop commercial, military, and nuclear arrangements."
They said a bad thing about Israel, so America must go after them, and their supposed friendliness to Iran can't stand, since we are ginning up a war with them.
Nearly all of these EOs are just pretenses for other more nefarious purposes, but the headlines which run catch the hungry eye of our side every time.
Point being, our regime is using Afrikaners as a pawn for their own unrelated ends.
It's the thesis of this non-Christian (antichristian sometimes) blogger that the warring in the Ukraine is mostly unrelated to real (or stated) political ends, and is largely an intraglobalist feud that has the side effect of slaughtering Slavs of both countries indiscriminately and indefinitely. In other words, picking a side results in more dead Slavs (unless one side finally decides to use force and end it all, which would be an unacceptable loss to the global order, so it will not happen).
https://slavlandchronicles.substack.com/archive
“Consequently, if a line is crossed, the US will have to be more forceful in projecting its power and opening an umbrella of protection with unambiguous consequences.”
The US does not have to do anything, whether someone’s lines are crossed or not.
“The United States was the primary agent in forcing Afrikaners to give up power, so it has a primary obligation to secure their future.”
I don’t necessarily disagree with the first clause, but the second clause does not follow. There is no obligation to secure any particular future. Nor can we. We certainly need to stop creating problems around the world, but also stop trying to solve them, which seems to only create more. It’s quite ridiculous to think that more of the same (sanctions, asset freezing, regime change efforts, peace keeping, etc.) will result in the US benefiting itself or anyone else.
I’m sympathetic and want to help the white Christians in SA, but I also don’t want the US waging another proxy war. I also don’t think it is realistic that the US will have the will to do what is necessary to deliver a sustainable solution, which I do not believe is some mediated two state solution. Even if agreed, it wouldn’t be sustainable.
Resettlement to the US is a generous option that can be provided without a lot of the downsides and hypocrisy that comes with the proposals in this post. It works from a US perspective. Beyond that, I’m not convinced there is a lot more to be done that would be in the interest of the US and actually helpful in the long term.
This is the correct position on foreign entanglements. There are no demands, just a hope that the people who smashed up the house will sweep up the glass before the children cut their feet.
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