Dear Editor,
Over 160 years ago Abraham Lincoln told us: “All the armies of Europe and Asia ….. could not by force take a drink from the Ohio river or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we will live forever or die by suicide.” Right now it doesn’t look like we will live forever. Tariffs? – economic suicide. Bullying & starting trade wars with longtime allies? – foreign policy suicide. Befriending & protecting pedophiles? – moral suicide. Praising & kowtowing to the worst dictators in the world? – foreign policy suicide again.
Enriching yourself to the tune of 2 billion dollars while in office? – suicide by greed. Cruelty to hardworking, law abiding, tax paying immigrants? – suicide by hatred. Allowing the world’s richest person to cripple our government and cause countless death worldwide? – suicide by ego. China is just watching and waiting – they are ascendent while we have accelerated our decline in order to enrich the greedy.
Bill McGrath Dodgeville, WI