LETTER TO THE EDITOR / MAKING AMERICA WORSE AGAIN (MAWA)
Roger C. Kostmayer
In a matter of hours three historic events confirmed a terrible mistake. Russian President Putin and a cast of incompetent political opponents helped make someone who is un-American, anti-democracy, anti-US Constitution & the rule of law, and anti anything or anybody who doesn’t praise and please him – President of the United States.
The first event is the shocking presidential repudiation of American values established over 242 years by backing the Saudi crown prince who is responsible for brutally murdering an American resident and journalist who was guilty of – telling the truth; a second news event exposed an American President abusing his power by ordering the federal government and the DOJ to prosecute and persecute his rivals – which is illegal, unconstitutional, impeachable and typical of all dictators; and the final event was the lesser but flagrant hubris and hypocrisy of the President’s reaction to his daughter’s illegal use of a private server – especially in light of the continuing blood thirsty attacks against Hillary Clinton for a similar offense. Once again this shows the President’s belief that he, his family and cronies are above the law.
Any solution begins with Congress meeting its Constitutional responsibilities and investigating alleged presidential abuses of power. The US should get out of the Yemen war and refuse to deal with Saudi prince MBS in any way. The law must hold all public servants and advisors equally accountable -even relatives of a president. And, finally, the American people must speak out about American values and their “shining city on the hill”, or accept dictatorship.
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A sad political rant from a serial offender of reality and pragmatism.
Roger, please move to Cuba or Russia where you belong! It will clear the air here!
Where was the outrage when Obama swapped 5 Taliban Gitmo prisoners for Army soldier/traitor/Bowe Bergdahal ?
Six of our soldiers lost their lives looking for that cowardly deserter. Just one of Obama’s finer accomplishments . Where’s the outrage?
Recent lessons learnt:
There were years of Benghazi hearings.
Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress.
Let the Dem hearings begin! The Admin must be very frightened of the consequences (sarcasm).
“Despite these differences, Obama has promised to veto a bill that Congress passed unanimously allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia over alleged links to the 2001 terrorist attacks.”
Politico 2016 ‘Obama, in an awkward twist, becomes Saudi Arabia’s defender ‘
“and the final event was the lesser but flagrant hubris and hypocrisy of the President’s reaction to his daughter’s illegal use of a private server ”
Quoting Dir Comey FBI “In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here.”
You have got to stop watching CNN fake news and get your facts straight.