Gee Whiz ?

(Gee Whiz ?)

Happy Memorial Day ! This is one of the rare moments where homage is paid to the U.S. Armed Services, and what collective contribution they have made in the protection of this country. The ones who answered that call to the Colors and those who gave that Last Full Measure are memorialized today and appropriately so.

In any event, the G-7 Economic Conference has been convened in Hiroshima of all places. Like a Phoenix rising from ashes, the Japanese metropolis has risen to where now it has become a location where the seven largest global economies, minus China and Russia naturally, to discuss trade and other matters regarding their unique set of international relations.

But the G-7 is an arbitrary number because China's economy is second only to that of the U.S. Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan comprise the balance of this Bloc and, truth be told, and collectively, their own economic output is twice the size of the Peoples' Republic. The difference today is that this is not the G-7 of Reagan, Thatcher, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, Burosconi or Abe. The group convening in Hiroshima, with President Biden ostensibly the Principal, and his ability to function can be called into question.

As the President's obsession is climate change, so the focus of this conference would also be climate change. If there is anything less relevant in this conference and especially with regards to China, it would be that.  A President at such a summit needs to be able to perform and to comprehend complex concepts, and any agenda must advance beyond what Biden can understand.

This G-7 is a reflection of the pathos that is gripping the West. Economic standing, not withstanding, Beijing is assuming a superior position over Washington, London, et al. because they're not concentrating on issues at hand. A lesson from Sun Tsu, speaking of Chinese, the best way to win a fight is not to have one to begin with.