Clinton Scandal & Vote on President's Impeachment.
I live in the United States of America only 5 months and already I
begin to feel sick about it. Don't get me wrong, everything is great for me around
here. Everyone is helpful and nice. But the thing that so nice country is doing with
its president. It is horrible! Sure he has done some wrong things but this turmoil
is too much. My only opinion is:
“Drop it, now!”
But it is not enough; I don't want to cite any people, newspaper, or other source.
Enough is enough. Everyone has something to say about it, there is not too
much to add to it. But I feel I have to say something. I say, that you AMERICA
should end this madness and go on. This whole scandal has done nothing good
to you. Not only your fight on it and political contest makes you little funny in
foreign eyes, this is only one thing. You are distracted from more important things
going on in the world, and this can make the mess a whole lot worse.
How you look in other countries? Most of them doesn't even care
anymore. For example in Polish newspapers there is only a note about it once
about few days on 7 page in the bottom. In German magazine Der Stern there
are very funny commentaries about this whole thing. And fighting over it like
hungry vultures doesn't help. Saying vultures I mean republicans that know that
Clinton's offenses are not impeachable but are pressing the thing forward only
because of imagined political advantage. According to newspapers 80% of
Congress could be impeached by those standards. They are making themselves
silly in eyes of the world. Media especially the Press has pumped the story to sell
more and more and to make money on it not caring about their country.
Everybody tries to increase their own power on it. I understand competition not
merciless fight.
And what is going on in the world. The world trembles in
economical troubles, Russia can go communist again, Pakistan and India are on
the edge of nuclear conflict. The most important that terrorists from entire world
can take advantage of distracted public opinion and officials and strike on
vulnerable America. Don't forget the thing with Osama Ben-Laden (closest
spelling that I know). And Congress is worried about whether the President
touched a breast. This is outrageous.
This whole distraction can lead to nothing good. Its insanity whole
process can take about 6-12 months and may cause USA to enter new
millennium in crushing Depression. If these things can happen to the most
powerful person in the world, It could happen to anyone. If a leader can be
thrown out of office for minor offences like that… No one can be sure of their
future. People will loose their respect for governing bodies, for removing
overwhelmingly popular president. In some countries it is called treason or coup.
And such symptoms of civil war mean terrible things for every one of us.
Being only legal resident I thought I should be not involved in this
impeachment thing, but it seems that nobody can escape from it. I read a lot of
newspapers and watch every news to practice my English skills and to learn
more about place where I spent at least few next years of my life. But I am
disgusted by politics and scandals. Reviewing few things that I wrote earlier, I
want to ask only one question:
“What happened to America that I always thought of as of free country of justice and common sense that lead the people to achieve such success in its short history?”
I guess like every great empire of the past it is sinking in fight over power and
money, blind to its own sickness. The whole Clinton's impeachment case is only
one of the symptoms.
Hot commentary 12/17/98:
Yesterday President Clinton ordered a bombarding of Iraq. Some
may say that he want to turn attention from himself and delay impeachment vote.
I say that he is acting like competent leader concerned about future safety of his
nation and the world. Acting despite his personal troubles, he makes sure that
possible future threat ca be eliminated. This is another reason to leave him alone
and let him continue his competent work.