Three Tests for Our New President

President Barack Obama Will Need Political Courage

Second, if he cares about ensuring that the federal government never again turns against its own citizen in a false flag operation to justify some foreign policy, then he must recognize the wealth of information that contradicts the official story about 9/11. He must support legislation to mount a new investigation with the initial focus on what happened at the World Trade Center, because of the abundance of hard facts that undermine the official conspiracy theory. The collapse of three skyscrapers, only two of which were hit by airplanes, cannot be explained by fires alone. No other such steel structures worldwide have ever been destroyed by fires. A wealth of observations by first responders and facts point to other possible explanations having nothing to do with those two airplanes. If they alone cannot account for the total destruction of those three buildings, then those terrorists are not the sole explanation of that terrible 9/11 event. And then there is the hard-to-believe absence of effective intervention by the world's strongest military defense system.

Millions of Americans have come to believe that the Bush administration was somehow involved, driven by the desire to start a war in Iraq. There have been endless calls for a new, credible investigation by countless groups in the US and many other nations. President Obama should want to finally settle all the questions about 9/11 and make sure that no federal government ever kills its own citizens to justify some foreign action.

Third, if he truly honors the Constitution, then he should publicly pressure Congress to implement the Article V provision for a convention of state delegates to consider proposals for constitutional amendments. Despite the one and only requirement specified in Article V being more than satisfied for a long time, Congress has blatantly refused to obey the Constitution. President Obama should also support having the nation's first Article V convention because it is the best path to achieve a number of government reforms that most Americans would support. For example, removing the Electoral College and going to the popular vote for the presidency.

If Barack Obama truly believes in truth and justice, then he should support these three actions. Will he have the political courage to show the world that American democracy is not empty rhetoric?