Is Impeachment Realistic

Re: Ras Siddique

I tend to disagree. Bill Clinton is the one who is at fault here. He could have told the truth on January 17 when this story first broke, but he did not. He had a chance in August of this year, but he missed it and recently, he was evasive about his responsibilites as the President in answering the questions posed to him by the Congress. This man has NEVER TOLD THE TRUTH to the American people.

The American people do not elect their leaders to have private and personal lives. It is to serve them. If you want that, don`t run for office. If you had sex with your intern, in your office, and it was discovered, do you think you could hold your job? Bill Clinton is the paid employee of the American people and we do not like our employees to have oral sex while doing the nation`s business. The Oval Office is not a private office, but it is a public office paid for by the taxpayer. If Bill Clinton wanted to have sex with Lewinsky, he should have taken her to his private rooms in the Residency. This man was having sex while discussing possible deployments of American troops to Bosnia ! How would a Pakistani mother father feel if Nawaz Sharif, in deciding their son`s future on Siachen, was having sex with some begum?

I am an avid history buff of World War Two and have known and talked with many veterans and I fully agree with Bob Dole`s question, ``where is the outrage?``

As to your dismay over the American lack of interest on issues affecting Pakistan; most Americans do not care what happens outside of their state, let alone in a primitive country like Pakistan...by the way where is Pakistan...is it not a suburb of India ? American foreign policy will not lose any sleep thinking about Pakistan and we, Pakistanis, should get over the false idea that America cares about us. It will only care about us when it wants something from us. As one of my friends told me, ``who wants to care and who gives a damn.`` This was around the time when the nuclear weapons were tested and his basic attitude was that the US should nuke both the countries and get on with other important things.

As to Clinton, I support impeachment, because that is only way the truth will come out. Also, please understand that the article(s) of impeachment of Clinton, by congress, does not mean a removal from office, but merely that there will a trial in the Senate. If congress does vote on the article(s) of impeachment this next week, it only means that this thing will be in the hands of the Senate to decide either ways. The final senate vote (Demos have 45 seats and the GOP has 55 seats and the moderate swing votes) will determine if he is removed from office or not.

The reason that most Americans have not formed an opinion on this issue is, because they do not undertand what impeachment means, nor do they understand how the process works.