Our democracy is what we fought for

ALLIED SUPREME Commander Dwight Eisenhower had a difficult time keeping the coordinated attack on the European continent coordinated. D-Day, June 6, 1944, was supremely challenging for the future president. Many egos and self-loving generals had to be placated, dressed down and redirected to make the removal of the Germans, Nazis and Hitler from Europe’s western countries a reality. Embarking the forces of all the countries seeking a role in the reentry made it unanimous for the Allies. They were going to vanquish Hitler and his Nazis to preserve for Europe that one thing that was greatly endangered. Democracy.

That’s the term General Eisenhower invoked. Democracy.

That’s what so many fought for, died for. The removal of dictators was paramount. It remains paramount. We in America keep our Constitution and government by the people held high above politics. Never let the lives of those who fought become meaningless so that wouldbe dictators can take over America.

Republicans will go to any level, no matter how low, to remove democracy from our shores for their beloved Donald Trump. Their efforts to install him as “president-for-life” will stop at nothing, no matter the truth or the lies. Their assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6 was just the opening salvo. Their adoration of a quasi-literate, narcissistic, (alleged) thieving, swindling, lying innkeeper is incomprehensible until their greed, white supremacy and hate factor in.

Examination of dictatorships throughout history reveals the outcomes of such flailing governments with glaring regularity. “Exclusive” strata of everything for only the wealthy who can pay for access. A society with only two classes: Very wealthy or very poor. No middle class. Republicans are on a course to achieve precisely that.

Celebrate the survival of your veterans and the country they saved. No Trump.

HERBERT MYERS Socorro