Author: Paul Murphy

Imagine

Trump supporters, take your blinders off. It’s easy. Here’s how. Take ANY story about ANY of Trump’s many scandals and simply imagine that it is not Trump whose behavior is questioned, but President Obama’s. Just imagine. It is easy if you try.

For example, imagine that it was reported that a Whistleblower had filed a formal complaint about very serious misbehavior by President Obama and that the Inspector General – appointed by Obama – had agreed that the matter should be reported to Congress as the law requires BUT that he was overruled by Eric Holder. Further imagine that the IG was so concerned that he went public with a letter to Congress revealing that his decision had been over-ridden and that – in the aftermath of that revelation – the President simply ignored subpoena’s from Congress demanding the whistleblower complaint that they are entitled to by law. How many of you would NOT demand Impeachment for such behavior?

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Locked and loaded?

For many years the United States has done a land office business selling arms and ammunition to the Saudis. We continued doing this even after it was Saudis who financed and carried out the attacks on 9-11. For several years now, the Saudis have been using these weapons in a genocidal, Sunni versus Shia war aimed at the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Now, it seems, the Houthi have struck back using weapons provided to them by Iran.

These facts raise two very important questions.

First, is there any legitimate reason for the United States to act militarily in support of Saudi Arabia in this conflict?

And, second, if, yes, who should decide?

With respect to the first question, involving ourselves in the ongoing conflicts between Shia and Sunni has proven to be disastrous. We do not have a dog in that fight, but, if we must take sides, the barbaric dictatorship that is Saudi Arabia is the wrong one.

With respect to the second question, the answer is obvious. It is the responsibility of the Congress to declare war, not the President and certainly not the dictator of Saudi Arabia as President Trump has suggested in his tweets. Any military strike against Iran without Congressional approval will be the most egregious impeachable offense yet.

Blessed are the Peacemakers. THAT is the role we should seek to play.