The 20th anniversary of 9/11 memorializes the loss of “home” land security for the citizens of the United States. It was a gift of the wisdom and self-restraint of George Washington in that he created a constitution and a presidency that controlled the military, appointed ambassadors, and left us a template for a Pax Americana for 214 years. His limited constitution was a copy of the 27 BC Constitution of Augustus Caesar, recreating the Roman Republic and beginning a Pax Romana of two hundred and seven years. At that point, the borders of Rome became permeable to the barbarians. In America, it is now porous to illegal immigrants, disease, and drugs like fentanyl. Washington’s limited Federal Constitution contained a Senate, a House of tribunes or Representatives, a maintained judiciary, and a Princeps or President. Augustus spent his time on the borders away from Rome, but with veto power over legislation …
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