A 3rd world nation has a lesson for us
A clear indication that we have lost the moral and ethical high ground in the world is when we learned that the recently formed Pakistan ruling coalition began impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.
It cited that the president lacks a vote of confidence in the National Assembly, his inability to deal with the nation's declining economy and his failure to handle urgent problems facing the country.
Additionally, he has been charged with fraudulent election procedures, conspiracies that have extended his terms in office, and criminal corruption resounding throughout his administration. Other charges include the summary removal of 60 federal judges as well as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Why Musharraf and not George W. Bush? Bush has committed far greater crimes against this country and the world in his illegal war in Iraq that's caused the deaths of tens of thousands and now at a growing price of nearly a trillion dollars.
Coupled with this, his incompetence in dealing with the nation's economic crisis has brought his job approval rating to its lowest level since he's been president.
Undermining his own government by unlawfully outing a CIA agent and eight federal attorneys virtually indicts Bush for "high crimes and misdemeanors" clearly stated as cause for impeachment in our Constitution.
Does it take a third world country to teach us that the care and maintenance of justice under the most extreme circumstances is paramount?
Does this action by the Pakistani Parliament clearly illustrate that we have abrogated law and order in this country merely to favor an ultraconservative political agenda?
James D. Cook
Streamwood