A Tangled Faith—Impeachment’s Human Frailty

In Federalist 66, Hamilton’s excursion into the mind and grit of impeachment is a back and forth struggle between the desire for separation of powers and the need for an oversight of the executive branch.

 

Madison’s struggle in Federalist 51 is equal to 66, wherein is contained the sorrow of all earthly governments, and is worded in human frailty, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”

 

The difficult progression of turning a large measure of the legislative branch of our government into a judicial authority is the calamity that Hamilton is unable to reconcile and renders Federalist 66 to fall into the very infirmities the Founders were confronted with at every turn.

 

While burdened with the dilemma of splitting the legislative branch into two smaller bodies, in the hopes of avoiding the inconvenience of making the same persons both accusers and judges, impeachment is fully exposed to the full gamut of human inadequacies.

 

In the end, while all forms of government are rested upon human beings, not angels, the daring of the Founders to further the proposition of Republic rule and supplement the voice of the people with the ability to constrain and/or interrupt the executive branch of government is a renewed approach.

 

Is not corruption and high crimes the very reason the power of the King of England was despised by the original 13 colonies?

 

After Hamilton’s rebuttal against the fourth objection of the Senate being the judicial body for impeachment, his penned final conclusion places trust in the majority prevailing over the possible bias or corruption of the leading members.  It was the frightful prayer and the prevailing idea of the Founders, in their quest for the true sense of Liberty.

 

While this may seem to be an impossible feat in our modern time of divisiveness and perceived corruption of government, it is the only recourse still available to us. The same goodness and virtue in human nature Hamilton, Madison, and Jay sought after and made plea to is the same corporal office we must look to today.

 

If the spirit of Publius and the breath of Liberty are to survive, we can never concede to mob rule, or the false pride of kings and queens.

 

We must always seek out the awesomeness of judgment through the very frailties of our humanity.

 

I entreat our human spirit to render the verdict.

 

Publius

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Asian War—Dershowitz, Mens Rea, and the Slow Minded Schiff

Getting into a mens rea case against Dershowitz is like prosecuting a war in Asia.

 

It’s the wrong move by the democrats, especially in an impeachable argument, which allows so much leeway and defensible space for the defendant.

 

Moreover, the democrats allowed Dershowitz and Cruz to manipulate the impeachment from a case of trial and prosecution, into a hypothetical meander and zigzag.

 

Only an unexceptional, mediocre mind like Schiff would be so simpleminded as to allow such a maneuver to be permitted.

 

Rather than hammer toward fact and verdict, sluggish minded Schiff allowed the defense to move the court to conjectural and supposition, and “if” to rule the day.

 

Ever tried to catch a chicken barehanded in a pen?

 

Bill Clinton also used the word “if” to rule over the courtroom in his impeachment circus.

 

“If” DOES NOT PROVE.

 

“PROOF” PROVES.

 

It was going to be hard enough for a condemnation and removal from office with Bolton’s assertions, since he was “fired” from his position and disgruntled former employees have been known to become active shooters in their former place of employment.  For the democrats to allow the republicans to maneuverer the courtroom into the realm of “if”, and the phases of mens rea to come into play, is a colossal blunder and will further anger the electorate, many who already believe our tax money has long been flushed down the toilet by the simple democratic minds.

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One Missile Strike Versus Many—176 to 1

I Don’t Crave War

I wrote most of this blog post on Wednesday, however, I held up posting it until now to avoid making a knee-jerk defense of President Trump’s approval of launching a missile at Iran.

 

Unlike many political analysts and pundits, I am, nor ever have been, bias.  My sole ambition for posting and writing a political journal is to provide, to the best of my ability, enlightenment and wisdom to the citizens of our Republic, and to be a voice of defense and support for our country.

 

The displeasure and strong conflict some have with President Trump’s ordered missile strike that killed Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani is a legitimate concern that should weigh evenly on the minds of all US citizens.

 

Beyond this, any confusion is understandable, even as it is equally plausible.

 

Since his campaign, and into his White House occupancy, President Trump has railed against Iran, citing the previous president’s weakness toward a country that outmaneuvered our statesmen nearly at every turn, sometimes appearing as a choreographed political dance staged by our very own country’s elected officials.

 

The ongoing political tango between the US and Iran flew in the face of our country’s military leaders, many who have no love for a country that spews so much anti-US hate and explosiveness.

 

In fact, during the Iraq-Iran War, the US not only furnished arms and logistics to Ba’athist Iraq in their war against Iran, after declassified CIA reports estimated Iran suffered more than 50,000 casualties from Iraq’s use of several chemical weapons, the US remained silent.

 

The deep hatred felt by previous administrations has continued throughout the years following the Iraq-Iran War, and is reinforced in the hearts of many US citizens, who have witnessed with their own eyes the burning US flags amidst the “Death to America!” chants emanating from innumerous Iranian mobs through the years.

 

In the grand scheme of things I don’t crave war.  I think my sentiments are repeated in the minds of other supporters of the president.

 

Likewise, President Trump is not a supporter of war; he’s never been referred to by anyone as a warmonger.  Given President Trump’s strong antiwar stance throughout his short political career, I don’t, for one second, believe the military strike was to simply distract the attention of the American public from the impeachment hearings taking place in DC.  Giving the dangerous elements and possible consequences of the military strike, as well as given the certainty that the US Senate will favor his position against all accusations contained within the articles of impeachment, it would not be a good, nor necessary, move.

 

What was the president thinking?

 

The question most often posed by many in the subsequent days after the US military strike is: “What is the president’s objective in approving the missile strike?”

 

This is a question that can only answered by the president’s war council, and I don’t foresee any leaks coming from them, any time soon.

 

Out of the blue, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, announced that intelligence agencies had identified an undefined Iranian threat.

 

It was the announcement of Pompeo and the president regarding an imminent Iranian danger that caused me to stop and rethink my support or defense of the president’s reasoning.

 

Is there reason to believe that the intelligence agencies, who had operated so poorly in their reporting prior to the Iraq invasion, are now to be trusted?

 

The answer is yes.

 

I have always maintained that it was not the intelligence agencies that got the Iraq situation wrong.  While they may have not been as accurate as they should have been, it was President Bush who slanted and distorted the information to deceived the American people.

 

Iranian anti-US rhetoric and hostile behavior has precedence.

 

The 1979 Iran hostage crisis—a political impasse between the US and Ira, severely obstructed the lives of 52 American diplomats and citizens—lasted for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981.

 

I completely believe that Iran is not above conducting such an unforgiveable act today.

 

Suffice to say, strength, in the form of President Reagan, put an end to the hostage situation in 1979.

 

Some things never change.  It is strength and force that Iran understands and respects today.

The Soleimani missile strike displayed US strength and force, loud and clear.

 

176 More Victims of Iranian Hatred and Incompetence

 

After repeated denials, Iran admitted to downing the Ukrainian plane.  They conveniently claim that it was a terrible mistake.

 

Pardon me, if I don’t buy their lies.

 

Whether it was hatred or incompetence that cost 176 innocent people to be murdered by a murderous regime that has murdered millions, I care not.

 

The 176 victims—a drop in the bucket to the countless massacred by Iran—their loved ones, or the world, should care not either.

 

In the back of our minds should be the chilling vision of an Iranian country—on the verge of attaining nuclear weaponry status—saturated with a deep-seated hatred aimed directly at us, and all we stand for.

 

War with Iran is detestable.  An Iranian Government having possession of nuclear weapons, and serviceable launch capability, is far more abhorrent.

 

No rational mind will dispute the fact that Soleimani was a terrorist in military uniform.

 

Likewise, no rational mind wants a war.

 

But if strength and force are all Iran understands, we better not wait until they have a bigger button to push, and a deadlier missile to fire, before we take action.

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