Wednesday, January 8, 2020

From the File on Morality in the Presidency

    From the file on morality in the presidency, we find these three items:
   President Trump suggested he would destroy cultural sites in Iran as part of the retaliation for killing Americans. He did back down on it when informed it would be a war crime. But, his suggesting it in the first place reveals he has no principles against it.
   While campaigning in late 2015, he said he would take out the families of terrorists. What are we to think of targeting families?
   A border patrolman in today's news spoke of the horror he felt in separating family members when he had to do so. He said it was, "the most horrible thing I've ever done." This news serves as a reminder that the Trump administration did separate families, dividing thousands of them, placing children in shelters while detaining or deporting their parents.
   Some suggest the morality of the president doesn't matter. Things like a good economy and naming anti-abortion judges to the Supreme Court are what matter.
   But, the values your leader has do matter. They do impact the policies of  the nation. They even influence what we, ourselves, belief, and what we, ourselves find as acceptable.

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