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Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

I could not stop myself from giving my point of view on the G7 show that is being played out on the UK stage.

The G7 

The actors on the G7 stage in Cornwall, UK are known as the great seven nations of the World; masquerading as purveyors of egalitarianism in a self-styled club. These countries are seen at the flagships of modern democracy and includes America, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Italy. Maybe they should prefix the word ‘western’ or ‘anglo saxon’ to their names, as I do not see among them any nation that is not an ally of America. 

They only account for 10% of the world’s population yet claim to be representing the interests of the world at large, just because they make up 40% of the world’s GDP? How can this be and where are countries such as China and Russia in such important negotiations? It seems the G7 is a selective, occidental hegemony of states with no room for those with a divergent opinion.

Democracy, it seems, is just a mantra played to exclude those with governance systems of a different genre.

Talks of vaccination against COVID have been rife during this summit, yet those that have been vaccinated in poor countries is less than the population of the town of Cornwall where the summit was held! How ironic!

American-British partnership and partnership with the private sector

We saw how act one of this political satire started with a meeting between Biden and Johnson, who reiterated what I have always said; that the only special relationship America has is with the UK (the same as the Russian-Chinese relationship). Biden stood alongside the CEO of Pfizer, hailing the company as the savior of the world, praising American technology and its people’s spirit of generosity and sacrifice to deliver the vaccine in record time to save the world from COVID doom. Biden added that the US in partnership with Pfizer, would buy half a billion doses and donate them to the world's poorer countries. This world, where the vaccination rate is currently 85% in rich countries and a mere 3% in poor ones. 

It is all about the economy

It is all about the economy, ladies and gentlemen, not the coronavirus nor humanity. Don’t let the tumultuous rhetoric fool you. The compassionate US will lead you all, without discrimination or conditions, and knows what is best for you! It is the trillions of dollars that US companies have made which is of course the real agenda here. The US along with its G7 allies will continue to milk the COVID cash cow well into the future under a humanitarian narrative. This has already lead to a growth rate in the US economy of more than 6% and will certainly grow as time goes on.

When I said from the beginning that it was necessary to vaccinate all humans, I asked that this task be entrusted to the World Health Organization. Why did Biden decide that it should be a donation from him to the poor countries? Out of tenderness and love for the G7 summit? Is there an agenda to divide the world into two camps; the givers and the needy? Is this really the future of the world? Moreover, how do the Chinese and Russian vaccines fit into all of this?!

The coronavirus will be around until at least 2022

Biden finally announced, in the name of United States, that the coronavirus would not end unless all humans were vaccinated, and set a deadline for this by 2022. He announced at the summit that he wants to vaccinate every human being on the planet. This will see the US coffers overflow at the expense of you all!

Those who follow my articles would remember that in the first few months of the epidemic, I said that we would have to live with the coronavirus for at least four years. I w