[Daisyjane69]

Well, we will learn what we will learn (if this document is authenticated) and it is this:

Are we who we always believed we were, or are we now an official banana republic?

The thing that made this country unique to its time, and perhaps unique to all times is that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. The notion that regular citizens were equal to the rulers, in the eyes of the law, was positively revolutionary at the time.

This isn’t some third world rathole, where there are rulers and the ruled. In this country, a poor minority or single mom, or immigrant is SUPPOSED to have equal weight before a judge as anyone else. Period.

This is going to be our time to find out, perhaps. It’s on.

[Windflier]

Well, we will learn what we will learn (if this document is authenticated) and it is this: Are we who we always believed we were, or are we now an official banana republic?

Beautifully said, DaisyJane. You're so right. This episode in our history will surely go down as one of the signature tests of the American experiment.

And, in the end, no matter what sufferings come of it, I know that the America envisioned by our Founders will prevail.