Saudi Arabia is one of America's most valued allies, so we are told. This is a country that has been bombing the hell out of the tiny country of Yemen for some years and is killing men, women, and children mercilessly. And guess which country has been supporting the Saudis in this massive cruelty?
The U.S. military has been supporting the Saudis with weaponry they are using in the attacks on that country as well as refueling their jets. Recently the refueling has been curtailed but the other support is still active. This has been happening during the Obama and Trump presidencies and it must now stop!
As troublesome as Trump's relationships with these three despots may be, do we ever hear Republicans speaking out against them? They are like the Three Wise Monkeys and the famous saying, " see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." They watch him bend laws and lie constantly. They know he has highly questionable relations with these three alliance members. But they just look the other way; that's moral cowardice.
Democrats should have been much more vocal in their criticisms of these connections but since they have been the minority party in both the House and the Senate they have no power and have remained largely silent. Now that they control the House there will be comprehensive investigations by three major committees and Trump's personal and financial dealings will be thoroughly examined.
What is it that seems to be a common trait among the 4 members of this unholy alliance? Their leaders are all natural born authoritarians with an obsession to control. The three foreign dictators have complete control over their countries and the people. Trump does not have that degree of control but he is working hard to gain it.
What is one of the first things that the creators of an authoritarian government do, what the three other members of this alliance have already done long ago? They take control of the media, the free press, they silence it, muzzle its journalists, and turn it into their mouthpieces.
Trump is on the way of doing that very thing as he calls the media's output fake news, and calls them the enemies of the people; he insults journalists and even makes veiled threats of violence against them. And he needs to be stopped in his tracks.
Of course, American presidents should work with other countries and their leaders, even with those who might pose a threat to this country, to try to maintain peace in the world. But, they should not be bowing down to dictators like Trump is clearly doing. No other U.S. presidents have stooped to this low point in their presidencies.
In contrast to this strong alliance with these three countries that have dictator-types as their leaders, Trump has had less than close, friendly relations with some of America's most important allies, in particular, Britain, France, and Germany.
He doesn't get along well with them very well, he doesn't give them proper respect, and he and President Macron of France don't see eye to eye, not at all. Trump has ruined any number of important meetings with them with his strange, unruly behavior, including acting like he was bored or disinterested. And that's a very dangerous path to take with important allies.
Protecting and defending the nefarious actions of dictators and tyrants, that is certainly not an honorable thing for a U.S. president to do. Well, that's what happens when you have a less than honorable president in the White House.
You can be sure that Trump will continue to be a charter member of this unholy alliance and stay close to his dictator associates. To force him to leave it to will be difficult but not impossible. There are two entities that can do it and in a coordinated way.
They are Robert Mueller, the Special Prosecutor, who has very likely developed damning evidence in the Russian investigation, together with the soon to be Democratic committee investigations in the U.S. House. I am confident that the combined evidence that the two will have developed will not only force this president to leave this alliance but will force him out of office. And it can't happen too soon for the sake of this country and its people.
Michael Payne
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