Letter to the Editor/BETRAYAL

By ROGER C. KOSTMAYER

The President of the United States just announced a unilateral breach of our promises of protection and support for the Kurds, who fought and died to help us reduce the threat of ISIS and protect America and the world.  This could be a genocide death sentence for all Kurds at the hands of Turkey or drive them into the arms of Assad and Putin. The world is witnessing betrayal and treachery by the United States of America. Betrayal of the Kurds, betrayal of our allies, betrayal of our country and its reputation, and betrayal of democracy.

It always helps, in inexplicable situations, to ask who benefits from an outrageous un-American act.  In this case the answer is a number of murderous dictators and enemies in Russia, Syria, Turkey and ISIS.  On the losing side, the American people are ignored, the US Congress and all our allies, who also fought beside the Kurds, are simply dismissed.  If this isn’t the definition of tyranny and treason, a violation of the oath of office, and a cry for removal from office, it’s difficult to imagine if there’s anything that would prevent a president, from any party, from becoming a dictator who puts himself above the law.

It takes a lot to get politicians the ilk of Senators McConnell, Graham and other top Republicans to stand up to the head of their party, but this did it.  Incidentally, Article II section 4 of the US Constitution states unequivocally: a President “shall be removed from office on Impeachment for . . .Treason, Bribery or other High Crimes ..”, and we are a democracy that’s supposed to be based on the rule of law.

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