Friday, March 17, 2017

The Heart Of The Problem

All of the imperial powers amassed by Barack Obama and George W. Bush - to kill American citizens without due process, to detain suspects indefinitely, to strip Americans of their citizenship rights, to carry out mass surveillance on Americans without probable cause, to suspend laws during wartime, to disregard laws with which he might disagree, to conduct secret wars and convene secret courts, to sanction torture, to sidestep the legislatures and courts with executive orders and signing statements, to direct the military to operate beyond the reach of the law, to act as a dictator and a tyrant, above the law and beyond any real accountability - have been inherited by Donald Trump.

Whatever kind of president Trump chooses to be, he now has the power to completely alter the landscape of this country for good or for ill.

He has this power because every successive occupant of the Oval Office has been allowed to expand the reach and power of the presidency through the use of executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements that can be activated by any sitting president.

Those of us who saw this eventuality coming have been warning for years about the growing danger of the Executive Branch with its presidential toolbox of terror that could be used - and abused - by future presidents.

You can read the rest @
http://truepublica.org.uk/united-states/rule-brute-force-true-nature-government/

The problem is NOT that Trump has inherited such powers. The problem is that we allowed ANY president to wield them. Monsters sprang up in our midst, and we did nothing to stop them.

Merely running Trump out of office will not fix this.

And if we continue to refuse to find out what REALLY happened on 9/11/2001, it will NEVER be fixed.

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