Throughout my life I have watched foreign nations battling, and sometimes overthrown by revolutionaries and military coup de’tat. In my 71 years I never believed that these violent and desperate actions could happen in America.

Donald Trump is an agent of Vladimir Putin; about that I have no doubt. Collusion between the two men to destroy the America of our founding fathers began as early as 2005. Trump has employed fascist techniques and philosophies since his illegitimate election. He has engaged in establishing a symbiotic relationship with our military, and encouraged law enforcement to become more autocratic and physically aggressive.

These facts, in addition to his attempt to restrict or prevent free speech display efforts to both emulate and obey Putin’s orders. Trump has adopted the successful policies of Adolf Hitler who succeeded in establishing a one-party system in 1930’s Germany, and establishing control of the media who espoused his alternative truths. Hitler’s primary precept was that ‘if you tell a lie often and consistently, the people will eventually accept it as fact.’

If Trump maintains control of our government and manages to control our military and our law enforcement agencies, he will have become our nation’s first fuhrer.

The majority of our nation’s people are in jeopardy. We are facing a government which has a singular goal; to create the ultimate plutocracy. Human rights and the concept of equality in America are under attack by Trump and his circle of sinners.

If our government and our military pledge their loyalty to Trump and not to the American people, our nation will cease to exist. I do not trust the military brass who run the Pentagon and therefore our bloated military expenditures which they support. They have become more political than they should be and ignore the soldiers whose purpose is to defend the American people.

Our nation is controlled by political groups whose only goals are power and personal success. You and I are in danger of becoming slaves of another fascist dictator.

We have one last opportunity to save our nation. November 6, 2018 will be the day when the American people decide to remain free and independent, or accept the dominance of a tyrannical government. The war between Republicans and the American people can be won if we vote and take our nation back from our adversaries. The choice is yours.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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