The Secret Underworld Of Internationalism

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Internationalists strive to unite the world, to exponentialize global collaboration and to positively leverage the infinite possibilities for communication and commerce across all cultural, political and geological barriers -- all of this, for the benefit of Humanity and the preservation and advancement of civilization.

An Internationalist can love his country, as a patriot, but he is sensitive to the interconnectivity of all members of our species. A patriot does not have to be a xenophobe; he doesn't have to choose between his homeland and the planet -- he belongs to both, comfortably and without conflict.

Global business (reference: http://www.tnnwc.com and go to ICS -- International Connections Service) fosters a kind of friendly interdependency between businesspeople (as citizen ambassadors) residing in different countries.

Conceptually, as a slightly selfish businessperson, I would not want my country to declare war on the country where my supplier is located, where my clientele is based, or where my joint venture partner resides.

War becomes an act of economic self-destruction.

With a rudimentary knowledge of history and of behavioral psychology, I can safely say that if peace becomes significantly more profitable than war, the pendulum of Human action will swing toward peace. Peace AND prosperity [in the same sentence].

Part of this globalization and alliance-building process has been initiated by inexpensive VoIP communications, the growth of telecommuting, and the wildfire that is social media. But that technology takes us no further if we cannot trust one another. In cyberspace with the social media bullhorn blasting multidirectionally, dirty secrets are increasingly difficult to keep, and lies ("and the lying liars who tell them") are increasingly easy to unmask. In a word..."Wikileaks."

Trust can only be developed through transparency and consistent integrity demonstrated and reinforced over time.

A major impediment to constructing this bridge of trust is the flood of revelations becoming de-classified about certain unholy alliances, certain "social experiments," covert operations and some incredible deception and crime in some very high places. The unveiling of this "Secret Underworld Of Internationalism" is slowing down the process of building trust.  


Some examples, courtesy of Yahoo! News, follow:

TODAY - September 03, 2011

CIA collaborated with Gadhafi's regime

The discovery of sensitive documents could spark tensions between Libya's new rulers and the U.S. 'Dark chapter'
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And another...

Exposed: Uncensored WikiLeaks cables posted to Web

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER - Associated Press | AP – Thu, Sep 1, 2011

• FILE - In this July 14, 2011 photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange talks to members …

LONDON (AP) — Uncensored copies of WikiLeaks' massive tome of U.S. State Department cables circulated freely Thursday across the Internet, leaving a whole new batch of U.S. sources vulnerable to embarrassment and potential retribution.

The United States, meanwhile, denied ever cooperating with the anti-secrecy group, and blasted Wikileaks for allegedly threatening national security and the safety of confidential informants. [read whole article]

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Until the stories of the "Secret Underworld Of Internationalism" are fully (and painfully) aired out, behind us, and espionage is no longer perceived as more desirable [profitable] than "overt operations" (i.e., cooperation and collaboration in good faith), Internationalism will have some stubborn and powerfully-entrenched opposition.

We have our work cut out for us, indeed.

Douglas E Castle, for The Internationalist Page Blog

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With special thanks to TNNWC Management Consulting Services

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ISSUES OF TRUST AND CREDIBILITY

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Dear Friends:

I believe that trust is the most critical ingredient to any operation requiring more than one person. Trust binds us, yet it frees us. It allows us to focus on accomplishing what needs to be accomplished, instead of wasting time and energy trying to secon-guess the other individual's motives or "hidden agenda." Trust is becoming a rarer and rarer commodity in these times of depersonalization, cyberconferencing, text-messaging and, in general, limited physical person to person contact.

Trust between people. Trust between groups. Trust between organizations. Trust between nations. Trust between individuals and institutions. Trust between citizens and their own governments...

If you establish a record of trust, you build your credibility, and with that, your Relationship Capital Quotient (refer to numerous articles and interviews by, or featuring, Adam J. Kovitz, of The National Networker Companies). A simple example: I trust my life insurance agent -- he carries a high Relationship Capital Quotient. If I need a referral to another professional, I will phone this fellow because I trust that he would only refer me to a trusted colleague. He has, unbeknownst to him, become a moral surety on all of the persons he refers to me. He is also becoming more and more indispensable to me. He is trusted; he has credibility; he is valuable.

During the Bush administration in the United States, the US lost a great deal of credibility with the International Community (and the US citizenry lost a great deal of trust for their government and leadership). Secretive, hard-line, callous administrations...those who dictate terms and carry out their plans despite any opposition, difference of opinion, or the objections of their own people tend to be looked on very negatively. Be a powerful, determined leader by all means...but do not put on blinders to the reservations and opinions of others, and don't intimidate all of those who oppose your unilaterally chosen course of action. You cannot afford to be selfish, completely unyielding, oppressive and too secretive -- this conduct breeds suspicion and mistrust.

A brief exerpt from the NEW YORK TIMES follows to illustrate this point:

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 -- 9:38 PM ET-----

Outsiders Were Hired as C.I.A. Planned to Kill Jihadists

"The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outsidecontractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate topoperatives of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials.

Executives from Blackwater, which has generated controversy because of its aggressive tactics in Iraq, helped the spy agency with planning, training and surveillance. The C.I.A.spent several millions of dollars on the program, which did not capture or kill any terrorist suspects."

Read More:http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na

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An article which I had recently written about trust also follows, printed in full, for your review. while this article centers on events in The United States, it can easily be generalized to global matters...matters common to us all.



IN ______ WE TRUST?


Note: This article, written by Douglas Castle, was originally published in HUMANITAS MAXIMUS (http://HumanitasMaximus.blogspot.com)



Dear Friends:



When it comes to banking nowadays, we would all be wise to adhere to a policy of "Let the Customer" beware. Count your change. Put your hand over your wallet. Reconcile every statement.



Banks are cutting credit lines (arbitrarily and capriciously, despite your actual credit history), destroying credit ratings left and right, charging record fees for overlimit expenditures and late payments, giving us the runaround when we try to "restructure" our mortgages, denying both individuals and businesses any credit facilities, foreclosing without a second thought, and enjoying the pleasure of government-infused taxpayer money. The Fed is not exactly forthcoming with the truth about the financial condition of banks and other credit institutions. The percentage of the population either unemployed or incarcerated continues to grow. The IRS is all but turning its agents into bounty hunters. A growing number of U.S. citizens are without healthcare insurance -- yet the insurance companies seem to be doing fairly well -- their health is certainly better than the average overstressed, overburdened and struggling citizen's. Unpaid insurance claims are piling up while premiums rise like the waters of Hurricane Katrina. There is desperation in the air, like the tinge of ozone before a major thunderstorm. When you telephone any major company for answers or explanations, you get a recorded menu of choices -- and when you've finally made your selection (*after going through any entire decision-tree matrix of choices), you are put on hold. Every possible impediment has been placed between humans to prevent real interpersonal interaction. And we are all suffering the consequences.



Here's a terrific (in a sad sort of way) story and some sideline articles, courtesy of Yahoo! News:



Bank's big auction blunder
A woman returns home to find a stranger demanding she leave "his" house. » Sold by mistake -NBC Miami
Find how to fight bank errors
Mortgage delinquency at all-time high



The question to ask yourself is, "Does it still make sense to give anyone the benefit of the doubt?"



The greatest challenge facing each of us is finding someone in whom (or something in which) we can trust. Trust is the glue that holds every relationship together. In point of fact, trust is the cement that keeps a society "civilized."



This is indeed a time for trusted friends to rediscover eachother, to reconnect with eachother, and to rebuild society from the smallest fundamental elements of the partnership and the team. Person to person, real space, real time.


Faithfully,


Douglas Castle
http://aboutDouglasCastle.blogspot.com

p.s. I write for THE NATIONAL NETWORKER. Get your free subscription at http://twitlik.com/OK .

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In the coming months and years, Trust and Credibility are going to become more and more difficult to come by, and increasingly difficult to achieve for ourselves. Based upon the the simple economics of supply and demand, this would indicate that Trust and Credibility, and those special people who possess them, are going to become increasingly valuable.

Invest in building your own Trust and Credibility.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle, Internationalist.






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A MATTER OF TRUST

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My Dear Friends:

Trust is a key ingredient in establishing any relationship, whether that relationship is between family members, neighbors, or partners in any business endeavor. Competence is, of course, important in choosing a person to engage with. But trust is the catalyst that simultaneously cements a good relationship while liberating each partner to do his or her portion of the work with focus and without the distractions of fear.

In this time of faceless international relationships created through internet communications, conveying trustworthiness and good faith are critical from the very outset of a first email.

Having said all of this, please read the correspondence which follows...I receive several just like it (from various senders, in various countries, and with clients who have died in various plane crashes) in my email every single day. They are presumptuous, ridiculous spam. Worse, they increase the inherent subconscious element of suspicion and distrust that so many people have for others in different countries.

In our roles as Citizen Ambassadors, we are being hampered in our efforts by this type of idiocy.

Do not let it dissuade you from conducting friendship and commerce worldwide. Make it a part of your mission to identify these moronic and malevolent solicitations for what they are...litter on the Internationalist landscape.

Let us all endeavor to be trustworthy, and to encourage and reward trustworthiness.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle


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Dear friend,I assume you and your family are in good health.My name is Mohammed Romaric and I am the Foreign Operations Manager in one of the banks here in Burkina Faso. This being a small world in which it can be difficult to make new acquaintances, and because it is virtually impossible to know who is trustworthy and who can be believed, I have decided to place my trust in you after much fasting and prayer. It is only because of this that I have decided to confide in you and to share with you this confidential business.In my bank there resides an overdue and unclaimed sum of thirteen million two hundred thousand United States dollars ($13,200,000.00). When the account holder suddenly passed away in a private jet crash , he left no beneficiaries who would be entitled to the receipt of these funds. For this purposes, i have found it expedient to extradite these funds to a trustworthy individual with capacities to act as foreign business partners. Thus i humbly request your assistance to claim this fund. On the transfer of this fund in your account, you will take 32% {US$4,224,000.00} as your share from the total fund, 5% {US$660,000.00}, will be shared to Charitable Organizations, Motherless Babies homes, disabled helpless people in both our country as the balance will be for me. Please if you are really sure you can handle this project, contact me immediately I am looking forward to read from you soonest. Yours faithfully, Mohammed Romaric

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