#47Traitors: Blatant Disregard for the Laws of Our Nation & the Will of the People

In one of the the most blatant blows ever to the American political system, Republican senator Tom Cotton (the man that said "Gitmo has too many empty beds"), and his 46 Neoconservative cronies did a dangerous, illegal, and plain scummy thing on Tuesday. They signed an 'open letter' to the government of Iran, undermining much of the Obama administrations efforts towards a peaceful solution regarding the Iranian nuclear debate. The letter stated that any deal that Iran has currently with the United States could and likely will be struck down in 2016 when Obama leaves office. I am not even much of an Obama fan, but this infuriates me almost as much as the NSA prism scandal does, because it is a major act of defiance towards our countries political system. If they can get away with that, what is to stop them from destroying future progressive change, simply by telling the people "It doesn't matter what you achieve, because when we are back in power, we will simply repeal it." That is a dangerous precedent to set. It effectively destroys the little remaining power that the people have over what our government does.

I think I can speak for the majority of America when I say that we are sick of war. ISIS is the result of over a decade of bad American war policy. While most Americans seem to understand that, our government does not seem to care. They are fully aware that ISIS is our own Frankenstein monster, and that's the way it was intended to unfold. A permanent war economy cannot thrive without war... Iran has been a favourite card of the Neocons, and they have had it under their sleeves since before 9/11. Apparently they won't fold without a fight.

We, the (majority of) the People, are not interested in starting a war with Iran. If a peaceful solution to this stupid age-old argument can be reached, than take it! We may never have another chance! Does anyone remember that Nixon secretly undermined a deal that the United Nations had in place to end the Vietnam war? Nixon effectively signed 1.5 million people's death warrants by destroying that deal, and the same thing could happen to the Iranian people if we let these radical right winger hard-liners get away with this. Not only that, but it makes our government look even more like nothing but a bunch of idiots.

One of the oldest laws in this country, the Logan Act of 1799, states:

“Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

Just because that's an old law, does not make it null and void. Our constition is about 33 years older than that, and it is still the most important document written to date. So, I'd like to see these morons prosecuted.

Although this will probably never happen (hate to be the pessimist, but shouldn't Darth Cheney be in jail by now?), over the last day over 192,000 people have signed this petition to prosecute the 47 traitor Republicans. I'd like you to sign it as well, and share it on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever your social media platform of choice is.

Putting these Neocons in jail for a couple years may just buy us enough time to save our country from the insanity of the ultra-right-wing, fascist, warmongering, and evil government that has been infiltrating every part of this great country since post World War II. Did you know that 85% of the world considers the United States the greatest threat to world peace? Is that the kind of country you want to live in? Is that the country that my Grandfather nearly died defending during WWII? Fuck no. You still have a voice. So let's make them scream.