I have just watched a programme on tv about former president
of the USA Richard Nixon and his involvement in the Watergate affair that
resulted in his resignation from office. I couldn’t help but have this feeling
that the current president is following the same script. Nixon also thought
that he was above the law and that he could fire anyone who looked like they
would follow the evidence and implicate him. Will Trumps legacy be how he got
thrown out of the highest office in the country in his first term
Personal freedom
A couple of years ago a nz citizen that had been arrested in Australia for wanting to travel to Syria to join the conflict there. Every comment I have read or heard assumes that he was going to fight for Isis, has this been proven? For all we know he might have been going to help the moderates that are backed and armed by the USA to fight Isis. Does this new attack on personal movement include anyone wanting to travel overseas to help say Spain defend itself from Fascists as the international brigade so bravely tried to do in the 30s or to help Britain and France defend democracy in 1914 and again in 1940 or does it only apply to country’s that our government regard as the bad guys. There are ample examples of New Zealanders going to hot spots to help our friends with or without govt sanction, are we now being dictated too about where we can or cannot travel. Personal freedom was what we fought two world wars for and was a cornerstone of democracy sadly it appears what the
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