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Also the current trends are dangerous for the stability of our republic and it would behoove the Democrats NOT to make this election a referendum on Trump's corruption. Because if Trump wins that kind of election, he will have carte blanche to really take a lot more power. Because the voters said they wanted a king! And if not him, then future presidents will also feel they are more like kings.

For the good of the republic, the Democrats should desist immediately and not fight this battle until they are likely to win. Here's an example from history. When Hannibal invaded Italy, the Romans sent an army to fight him, which was badly defeated. They sent another army, led by a consul. That army was ambushed by a lake and massacred. Then the Romans sent a massive army led by 2 consuls, the greatest gathering of Roman forces up to that point in history. They were able to fight Hannibal on open ground but due to his superior generalship, the giant Roman army was all but annihilated with minimal losses for the Carthaginian forces.

So what did the Romans do next? They did not surrender, nor did they send any more armies to fight Hannibal. They hid behind their walls and rebuilt their strength. They let Hannibal stay in Italy with his army for the next 13 years. When Rome had enough forces, it continued the strategy of not risking battle with Hannibal and instead sent forces overseas to fight in Spain and North Africa where Carthage did not have such a dangerous general leading. Finally, with Carthage under attack, they recalled Hannibal home and he and his army left Italy without having been defeated there.

It is far better to delay and do nothing when you have chances of victory at a later time than to force a decisive battle immediately and lose.

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