He struck the match, and they cheered like faithful disciples - Author: Jude S. Ngu'Ewodo

I penned this in response to all who applaud the wars unfolding before us. -

Then run your war.

But understand this—truly understand it, or you will be taught it the hard way:

In the world we inhabit now, you cannot bomb your way to obedience.

You cannot drone diplomacy. 

You cannot sanction your way into respect.

Power has changed shape—it no longer bends only to force; it negotiates, it calibrates, it trades in trust.

You want influence? Then you must build consensus.

You want allies? Then treat them like more than satellites.

President Obama, for all his flaws, understood this new geometry of power.

He played the long game, the multilateral game—slow, frustrating, maddening, but real.

His successor—the cult leader in a red tie—did not.

He saw the world as a casino table: zero-sum, house always wins.

He waged trade wars like bar fights.

He broke treaties like expired gym memberships.

Everywhere, the same pattern: ego mistaking itself for strategy.

And everywhere: failure.

This moment will be no different.

You cannot tantrum your way through a multipolar world.

You negotiate. You balance. You make room at the table.

Or the world will go on without you—and worse, against you.

So go ahead.

Run your war.

But when the smoke clears, and you find yourself alone at a table no one else agreed to set—

Don’t say no one warned you.