Australia shouldn’t join Trump’s board of appeasers

Donald Trump clearly doesn’t do ‍irony.⁢ How else can we describe inviting‌ Vladimir ‍Putin to join ⁢his‍ so-called “Board of Peace”? At‍ least “mad Vlad” will ⁣be ⁣in good company.

It’s ⁢not clear if Ukraine’s nemesis will take part,but plenty of other aspiring despots,authoritarians and flouters of teh sort of norms that⁤ the United Nations ⁤tries to promote ​are falling ⁣over‍ themselves ⁤to do so.Sucking up to the powerful never goes out ⁣of style, it seems.

Among the champions of⁤ peace‍ and‌ harmony who have‍ rushed to take part are Saudi Arabia and the United Arab ⁣Emirates, currently locked in a sometimes-brutal contest⁣ for influence in Yemen. Still, it⁤ gives the ⁢Saudis a chance to ⁤try out‌ all that expensive ⁤military hardware ‌they’ve bought from the Americans.

It works, too: ‍who can forget the Saudi air ‍force’s success in blowing up‌ a ⁤ school ⁤bus full of ‍children⁤ for example? They’d probably ​have grown up to be terrorists anyway. even the peace president bombs Yemen⁢ occasionally. ⁣I mean, who doesn’t? Good to know the Saudi’s domestic repression and ⁤ extrajudicial killings won’t be a barrier to participation either way.

Other noteworthy champions of democracy and human rights include Bahrain, Egypt and Pakistan. But it’s ⁢not just in the Middle East where Trump’s Kantian ‌enlightenment is taking hold,⁢ though. On the contrary, Azerbaijan, ‍Uzbekistan and Turkey are keen to demonstrate their peace-loving ‍credentials and ⁣commitment ​to human‌ emancipation and progress.

And why wouldn’t they be? ⁣After all,‌ the chairman for life is leading‌ by ‌example as ‌he ⁢brings‌ stability and order to the streets of⁢ his own country via killer⁣ ICE operations.

How Trump can claim to be “honored” to have been invited to chair the ⁤new⁤ institution is⁢ a bit of a mystery‌ given ​it was his idea and prospective members have to ⁤stump up US$1 ‍billion to join, but there’s no doubt he​ deserves it.

After all, he has stopped “eight plus” wars ⁤ so far,and the way things are going,there are surely going to be lots of ‌new⁢ ones to sort out.

At least he’ll have some experienced help. Tony Blair knows a ⁢thing or two about pointless wars, like Iraq, which result ⁢in the deaths ‍of hundreds of ‌thousands, overwhelmingly civilians.