Principled Leadership
The former head of the bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer, wrote: “It’s about the impact of our policies in the Islamic world. And because we won’t talk about that here in America, we’re not adequately defended.”
Our representatives in Congress find it politically inconvenient to admit that our past and present policies in the Middle East endanger our safety.
In order to make us safer and ensure real change, Congress must rewrite the National Security Act of 1947, and take away all functions from the C.I.A. that involve sabotage, torture, subversion, overseas election rigging, rendition, and other forms of clandestine activity. A president should be deprived of the power to order these types of operations except with the advice and consent of the Senate. Our C.I.A. should devote itself to the collection and analysis of foreign intelligence. The C.I.A. and other organization, such as Blackwater must never again, becomes a president’s private army.
Our elected officials will take us seriously only if we let them know that we have a moral breaking point. They must be told that they cannot take our support for granted, regardless of political considerations. They must learn the our support will require principled leadership.
The people of this nation have been quiet for five years. We must pledge not let our apathy continue. We must commit ourselves to doing all we can to put an end to the illegalities, the moral degradation, and the disintegration of our nation’s reputation in the world.
It’s time to declare that we have a moral breaking point, by insisting that our representatives in Congress end the occupation of Iraq, and the moral depravity of extraordinary rendition and torturing of people.
“They that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Ben Franklin
Our representatives in Congress find it politically inconvenient to admit that our past and present policies in the Middle East endanger our safety.
In order to make us safer and ensure real change, Congress must rewrite the National Security Act of 1947, and take away all functions from the C.I.A. that involve sabotage, torture, subversion, overseas election rigging, rendition, and other forms of clandestine activity. A president should be deprived of the power to order these types of operations except with the advice and consent of the Senate. Our C.I.A. should devote itself to the collection and analysis of foreign intelligence. The C.I.A. and other organization, such as Blackwater must never again, becomes a president’s private army.
Our elected officials will take us seriously only if we let them know that we have a moral breaking point. They must be told that they cannot take our support for granted, regardless of political considerations. They must learn the our support will require principled leadership.
The people of this nation have been quiet for five years. We must pledge not let our apathy continue. We must commit ourselves to doing all we can to put an end to the illegalities, the moral degradation, and the disintegration of our nation’s reputation in the world.
It’s time to declare that we have a moral breaking point, by insisting that our representatives in Congress end the occupation of Iraq, and the moral depravity of extraordinary rendition and torturing of people.
“They that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Ben Franklin
posted by Jim O'Leary | 1:11 AM
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