3, June 2018 Presidential Pardons & Dinesh D’Souza
Donald Trump’s latest verbal grenade is symptomatic with his earlier anti-democratic tirades. The Ten Commandments, which he has violated throughout his life has been replaced by a new, 11 commandment, “look after they self”.
His recent presidential pardons, includes Indian-American Dinesh D’Souza.
The thoroughly disgraced D’Souza was indicted by fellow Indian-American, Preet Bharara in 2014 for using “straw donors” to funnel $20,000 to Wendy Long’s 2012 US Senate campaign in New York. D’Souza pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight months in a halfway house and five years’ probation, along with a $30,000 fine. Following his full pardon, the “caged” D’Souza fired back a nasty tweet at his tormentor, Preet Bharara.
It is puzzling to understand why D'Souza is so infatuated with America and western 'civilization' in general that he would like to export the American “democratic model” to other nations.
I urge D'Souza to turn the pages of history and reflect on the sordid pattern of US foreign policy decisions which have resulted in so much loss of life to advance 'American interests'.
A few examples-the 1953 CIA coup replacing the popular government of Mossadegh with the demonic Shah of Iran, the repressive 16-year rule of Jafaar Nimeiry of Sudan, the coup in Chile where thousands of civilians disappeared, the coup in Indonesia resulting in 1,000,000 deaths, the contra war in Nicaragua, the secret expansion of the Vietnam war into neighboring Cambodia and Laos, the looting of the Philippines by our 'ally' Ferdinand Marcos. The massive ethnic cleansing of Palestine, the siege of Gaza. These crimes against humanity make a mockery of US claims to support democratic regimes. I hope D’Souza has learned an important lesson from his indictment and resists the temptation to seek power and influence and ingratiate himself with Donald Trump and instead works for peace, truth, and justice.
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