Understand the exhaustion. While one cannot give up, I always remember Bisan's words in North Gaza. She said enjoy the life you have, the seconds of life, each second. Sometimes those seconds are spent at rest, which is still apart of readiness, because your subconscious is still at work. I hope that helps. Thank you for all you do.
Enjoyed this very much. Resources or essentially, critical mineral ore bodies. Supply chains. Choke points i.e., ports, straights, rivers, railways (from central Africa eastward). Sahel gold vs dollar. Thank you for this.
Thank you for taking the time. There are so many moving parts to the decisions that are shaping our century. We have to really raise the level of our popular discourse if we hope to force our decision makers to make beret decisions. Some of us will have to step up and take the lead. That's why I'm doing this. Thank you.
Thanks, I didn't know there were more than 2! When I googled it I got the Caribbean one and started wondering why Bangladesh would have control over that part of the world. What I've seen is that the names are slightly different. The one in question in the Bay of Bengal is St Martin's whilst the Caribbean one is Saint Martin. But then as you've pointed out it seems the one in Scilly, England (not be confused with Sicily!) shares the same name as the Bengal one! Remnants of the British Empire and its messes!
Understand the exhaustion. While one cannot give up, I always remember Bisan's words in North Gaza. She said enjoy the life you have, the seconds of life, each second. Sometimes those seconds are spent at rest, which is still apart of readiness, because your subconscious is still at work. I hope that helps. Thank you for all you do.
Yes! Thank you so much. Bisan's words are gold. Yes thank you it helps.
Enjoyed this very much. Resources or essentially, critical mineral ore bodies. Supply chains. Choke points i.e., ports, straights, rivers, railways (from central Africa eastward). Sahel gold vs dollar. Thank you for this.
Thank you for taking the time. There are so many moving parts to the decisions that are shaping our century. We have to really raise the level of our popular discourse if we hope to force our decision makers to make beret decisions. Some of us will have to step up and take the lead. That's why I'm doing this. Thank you.
I would like to add a comment for readers not to confuse St Martin's island in the Bay of Bengal with Saint Martin island in the Caribbean.
Absolutely needs clarifying - this particular set of names always confuses me as there are few islands named some variation of this name:
- there is 1 island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic that has a french side called 'Saint Martin' and the Dutch side is Sint Maarten
- and of course the one this article is referring to in the Bay of Bengal
- There is also a St Martin's which is one of the 5 Isles of Scilly
Thanks, I didn't know there were more than 2! When I googled it I got the Caribbean one and started wondering why Bangladesh would have control over that part of the world. What I've seen is that the names are slightly different. The one in question in the Bay of Bengal is St Martin's whilst the Caribbean one is Saint Martin. But then as you've pointed out it seems the one in Scilly, England (not be confused with Sicily!) shares the same name as the Bengal one! Remnants of the British Empire and its messes!
Immensely thankful that you continue to bring out such invaluable insights despite your exhaustion. JazakAllah khair