The Loss of Integrity, Honour & Honesty in the Western Political Establishment.

The U.S. led West is in a moral crisis. A dearth of strong, honest leaders, a resurgent right-wing & a complete abdication of all moral responsibility and integrity, have left the West rudderless, internationally isolated and more detested than ever.

Peter Winn-Brown
15 min readOct 1, 2024
Still from the movie ‘The Report’ shows Dan Jones, played by Adam Driver, a Senatorial investigator at his desk in front of 2 towers of paper.
Adam Driver, sitting at his desk with the more than 7000 pages of The Report on CIA enhanced interrogation techniques during the war on terror. Adam played Dan Jones, a lowly Senate investigator, whose outrage, resolve and courage to see the report published shook the American political community.

The tragic events this past ten days or so have left me in despair for the future of the human race. The economically dominant West is supplying the means, the weapons, and the diplomatic cover for a rabidly violent and vengeful Israel that is totally out of control and set on burning the Middle East to the ground to sate its’ own blood lust.

Obviously, we didn’t arrive here from nowhere; our collective moral degradation at the hands our supposed leaders has been long in the making, and Israel’s rampant escalation, and the cannonade of silence that has followed from Western leaders has overwhelmed and consumed me.

I need to say something. Yet, my voice is so small and so insignificant that the wretchedness I feel will not be salved by these words. All I can hope is that at least they will be added to the wave of popular revulsion at Israel’s leading…

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Peter Winn-Brown
Peter Winn-Brown

Written by Peter Winn-Brown

The past can illuminate the present if we shine the light of inquiry openly, truthfully, with attention to detail & care for the salient facts.

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