THE CANDIDATE WHO WOULD BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF

THE CANDIDATE WHO WOULD BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF

America is at war..a war with no end in sight. The principal role of the next U S President will be that of Commander In Chief.

It follows that the next President ought to have some military experience, but there is much more required:

* being physically , psychologically and tempermentally fit

* sound judgment     * trustworthiness  

 * being forthright/honest.

The Presidential Campaign should take a summer break. Those seeking he job should spend 6 weeks with the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, followed by 2 weeks on the U S Southern border.

The candidates should report to the American people in September, telling us their plans with regard to Iraq, Afghanistan and the larger global terror war; and what, precisely, they will do to secure our borders and ports and how they will, specifically, deal with the tens of millions of illegal immigrants now in country.

Those seeking the Vice -Presidency should do the same.

All the other issues, including: the economy, health care, energy, etc,, pale in significance to prosecuting the global war on terror, while keeping the homeland secure and safe.

The home land is not secure and safe until our borders and ports are secure and the question of what to do with the tens of millions of illegal immigrants is addressed without further delay. No doubt, many of those illegals are members of terror cells intent on striking fatal blows in our homeland. Many more illegals, as well as native born, urban malcontents, gang bangers, and other anti-social actors, are the natural allies and foot soldiers of the foreign terrorists who seek our destruction.

Campaign 2008 is not politics as usual. Our very survival is at stake. The next President of the United States may well be our last.

Take a good long, hard look at the narrowed field of contenders. How does each measure up to the challenge at hand? Who can you believe? Trust? Who has the leadership ability to lead and inspire America? Who has the physical stamina and psycholgical stabilty? Who would you trust with your life, and the lives of those you love? Who would you trust to have the nuclear button in hand?

Are there other Americans, not currently in the field of candidates, who are better equipped to be President in these perilous times?

Voters, you ultimately have the say in selecting a President and Vice President, as well as Members of Congress, who are best qualified to protect, our lives, the lives of our loved ones, all Americans, and to protect our home land.

Nothing else, being talked about in the current campaign will matter if we make the wrong choices , now, and in November.

 

                                                                          J P Sullivan