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• Monday, August 4, 2008 12:07 AM

  Why do we have to wait four years for justice and upholding the rule of law?

  Impeachment was more than warranted. That didn’t happen. I could support a commission with sufficient power to get at the truth that would hold accountable any complicity and crimes by all parties. The commission must leave open the possibility of prosecution and conviction. The idea that granting immunity will bring out the truth is nonsense. Liars and criminals don’t speak the truth because of immunity. They will sing if they know they can mitigate their sentence. They have to know that they are in serious trouble.

  My biggest problem is claiming too much house cleaning in the first four years would be divisive. While the commission is working, they don’t have to start by revealing their discussions and investigations. There is so much to investigate that Obama would have considerable time to get things done before it is time to hold public hearings. It is ludicrous to say we will take four years and get into a second term, if there is one, before we get serious. That’s political pabulum for we aren’t serious and we are just putting on a show.

  If Obama wants to show the American people that he is an agent of change for the people, then he has to show it by standing up for the constitution and rule of law. How will members of his administration believe that he walks the talk, if he puts on a Kabuki drama on such fundamental principles?

  —Retired Military Patriot Read Retired Military Patriot's other letters
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