We should all be proud of the dedicated, nonpartisan, foreign-service officials, who have courageously come forward, testifying to the web of shadow-diplomacy and rogue back-channels that threatened our stated U.S. foreign policy interests and our national security, as well as Ukraine’s. Trump’s shake-down scheme ruthlessly sought to demand a ‘favor’ for his own personal gain from Zelensky, while withholding crucial military aid, which he had no legal discretion to withhold. (Over 14,000 Ukrainians have died since March 2014, as Putin wages his hot-war against them.) Trump was not seeking to root-out corruption, but sought to corrupt the new Ukrainian leader — to deliver dirt on his rivals, while satisfying Putin. It takes brave whistleblowers and truth-tellers to thwart criminal activities and evil-doers; whistleblowers often hinder crimes from flowering into the full fruition of their poisonous fruits. Trump, Mulvaney, Volker, Sondland, Giuliani, Lev, Igor, Firtash, and any others who come to light in this sordid scandal will reap what they’ve sown.
Trish Forsyth Voss
Nov 15 2019
First day of open hearing testimony in impeachment inquiry.
We should all be proud of the dedicated, nonpartisan, foreign-service officials, who have courageously come forward, testifying to the web of shadow-diplomacy and rogue back-channels that threatened our stated U.S. foreign policy interests and our national security, as well as Ukraine’s. Trump’s shake-down scheme ruthlessly sought to demand a ‘favor’ for his own personal gain from Zelensky, while withholding crucial military aid, which he had no legal discretion to withhold. (Over 14,000 Ukrainians have died since March 2014, as Putin wages his hot-war against them.) Trump was not seeking to root-out corruption, but sought to corrupt the new Ukrainian leader — to deliver dirt on his rivals, while satisfying Putin. It takes brave whistleblowers and truth-tellers to thwart criminal activities and evil-doers; whistleblowers often hinder crimes from flowering into the full fruition of their poisonous fruits. Trump, Mulvaney, Volker, Sondland, Giuliani, Lev, Igor, Firtash, and any others who come to light in this sordid scandal will reap what they’ve sown.
Trish Forsyth Voss
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