Dear Readers,
With just under a week until the 2016 national Presidential elections,
I wish to offer a perspective concerning
the importance of integrity in our chosen leaders.
The President of the United States is considered by people
and heads of state alike as the leader of the free world, and that individual
must exemplify strong character, morals, a positive, peaceful vision, and most
importantly, integrity. Why is
integrity the value I consider the most important in a leader?
Our leaders have virtually no control over events ongoing on
the planet. We choose a leader who we
feel will best afford the most conscientious, decision at any moment of
potential crisis. Part of making a
resolute decision weighs heavily on whether the information and intelligence we
receive has integrity, the leaders on the global stage are trustworthy and
their words echo integrity, and is the chosen leader free of any potential
conflicts of interests, thus, allowing his/her final decision to carry merit, i.e.
integrity, free of any bias or prejudice.
In my opinion, regardless of party, our Presidents have
lacked integrity, and the consequences have been profound to our country and
the world.
Bill Clinton, in his second term as former US President,
lied under oath (1999-2000). Thus, the
message sent to our country and world was the following: if you lie and can get
away with your lie, do it. Immediately
after Bill Clinton was not held accountable for perjury, US companies (1999-2007)
falsified their annual growth reports, showing profits that never existed. Thus, the stock market soared to
unprecedented levels, allowing politicians, companies, and knowledgeable people
to make quick money based on lies. The
fabrication and falsifying of profit reports resulted in the global, earthquake
economic collapse of 2007-2008. Millions of hard working Americans lost their life savings and pensions while the
politicians were virtually untouched by the consequences of their decisions.
George W. Bush, the former 43rd President of the United
States, continued the lying started by Bill Clinton, by stating weapons of mass
destruction existed in Iraq. As we know
today, after 9/11, our country initially
declared war on the Taliban in Afghanistan; but, we were diverted to Iraq,
after President Bush stated Saddam Hussein posed a significant threat to our
country due to his (Saddam) possession of weapons of mass destruction. We began a "shock and awe"
campaign that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi people. Since there were no weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq, ask yourself, what have been the consequences of this
lie? Increased terror and the largest debt in our country's history are the undeniable
results of this weapons of mass destruction lie. After all, killing innocent people, has
increased resentment and animosity towards our country, and the net result is
the profound increase in terror events, global and domestic. The culmination of economic lies and wartime
lies have resulted in the largest debt burden placed on our country's citizens. Most importantly, in my opinion, there is a direct link between
lies, orchestrated by our Presidents,
and the lack of peace in the world.
If Hillary Clinton becomes the next President of the United States, children in our country
and around the world will learn that Bill Clinton, lied under oath; but he still
reaped the benefits of his lying by having the honor of becoming the first "First
Man" of the United States. Lying is
the gift that keeps on giving to these career politicians.
Thus, upon voting Tuesday November 8, 2016, vote your
conscience placing front and center the importance of integrity in our
leaders. Has the time arrived to vote
all career politicians, at the local, state, and federal levels, out of office? As a person who supports business and the
free enterprise market system, I write from a deep concern for the direction of
our country, and in my opinion, failure in the integrity of our
"leaders". In 2016, all establishment "leaders" must go, in
other words, all career politicians should be voted out of office.
Respectfully,
Dr. Roshin
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