Chuck Hagel, Say It Isn't So

On today’s ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Nebraska U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel said, “You govern by trust.” Wrong, Chuck. You govern by force. It’s as simple as that. Whether the particular uses of force are justified or not is another matter. But the use of force is central to any system of government. On the other hand, the maintenance of any system of government is by trust. When there is no trust, the system of government eventually collapses. The firing of eight U.S. Attorneys for apparently political reasons may be one more straw that breaks their camel’s back.