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Freddie Kissoon is naïve about international relations
Dear Editor,
Subsequent to reading his article titled “The WikiLeaks cables on Guyana show the fall of US power” September 9, 2011, published by Kaieteur News, Freddie Kissoon is clearly out of touch with current developments in international relations. What is more obnoxious is that he is a lecturer in the Political Science field and writing naïvely about the works of international relations especially US-Guyana relations.
He prefers to ridicule the government and Guyana, which is easier than to write a proper academic piece for his students to learn and for Guyana to know he is of some use. Mr. Kissoon should realize Guyana is independent in every dimension, why would we want the U.S. to exert pressure on our country? This is not a game.
Gone are those days when the US was the ultimate super power of the world. The U.S. is also a signatory to many peace treaties around the world. This is not the age of World Wars 1 and 11 Mr. Kissoon.
This world is integrated through globalization and trade liberalization which govern investment, trade, productivity, movement of goods and services.
It seems that not only is he insular about the understanding of international relations; he does not understand the concept of power to determine good outcomes rather than promote greed.
It is disgraceful of him to talk about the need for the United States to increase international pressure on Guyana, when U.S. has its own problems. There are numerous internal issues and pressures from its people and Congress. The U.S. economy is currently in need of a strong economic recovery and millions of people greater than the Guyanese population are unemployed. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its report titled “Employment Stagnated in August” on September 2, 2011 that “The number of unemployed persons, at 14.0 million, was essentially unchanged in August, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent.
The rate has shown little change since April”. The U.S. is running out of time to save their own economy and its people from jobless. Why would the U.S. bother about Guyana with very little geopolitical significance in the new international dispensation?
Robbie Singh
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