Fiona Hill was a phenomenal witness as were so many of those
who have testified in the impeachment hearings of Donald J. Trump. Many were career diplomats with advanced degrees and
possess a commitment to our nation, its national security and not to a
political party. They have and Fiona
Hill has served both Republican and Democratic presidents. Trump's
trumped up desire for investigation of Ukraine and the Bidens for the
hacking of the 2016 election is not only self serving and wrong but is a
strike at the heart of this nation's national security by the president
of the United States who would rather cast blame onto Ukraine, an ally
in the center of Europe and gateway to Russia, while he absolves Russia
and Russia's Putin for its obvious crime of 2016 US election hacking
many times indicted by US national security agencies as well as Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russian nationals and
three Russian entities for allegedly meddling in the 2016 presidential
election, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the United States.
This is not only wrong but, is, in my opinion, a treasonous high crime as Trump appears to be acting as a Russian witting, unwitting agent or useful idiot playing into the hands of Russia, an adversarial power, while he jumps in bed with his love Putin, a corrupt demagogue. It is stunning. Nothing less than NATO is at stake and 75 years of crafting post WWII western alliances. Putin sees Ukraine as Russia's because of its fall out of Russia's orbit since the demise of the old Soviet Union. Russia would like it back as its invasion of Crimea and its hot war against Ukraine's Donbass south eastern portion reflects. It is clear Russia's objectives are an undermining of NATO, the west while creating a divided US and a weakening of US support for Ukraine with the hold up of much needed US weapons to defend itself against Russian aggression. Putin sees this as his ticket to ride roughshod trying to regain Russia's former eastern block nations at the expense of those nations that want western culture and democracy.
If the Republicans in the senate vote to acquit Trump on the articles of impeachment charges brought by the House, which I have every reason to believe they will, they will, as I see it, be an accessory after the fact of treason. History, one hopes, will judge them harshly assuming they even care about that. Trump's guilt of bribery as well as obstruction of Congress is as plain as Trump's bleached blond hair!
This is not only wrong but, is, in my opinion, a treasonous high crime as Trump appears to be acting as a Russian witting, unwitting agent or useful idiot playing into the hands of Russia, an adversarial power, while he jumps in bed with his love Putin, a corrupt demagogue. It is stunning. Nothing less than NATO is at stake and 75 years of crafting post WWII western alliances. Putin sees Ukraine as Russia's because of its fall out of Russia's orbit since the demise of the old Soviet Union. Russia would like it back as its invasion of Crimea and its hot war against Ukraine's Donbass south eastern portion reflects. It is clear Russia's objectives are an undermining of NATO, the west while creating a divided US and a weakening of US support for Ukraine with the hold up of much needed US weapons to defend itself against Russian aggression. Putin sees this as his ticket to ride roughshod trying to regain Russia's former eastern block nations at the expense of those nations that want western culture and democracy.
If the Republicans in the senate vote to acquit Trump on the articles of impeachment charges brought by the House, which I have every reason to believe they will, they will, as I see it, be an accessory after the fact of treason. History, one hopes, will judge them harshly assuming they even care about that. Trump's guilt of bribery as well as obstruction of Congress is as plain as Trump's bleached blond hair!
