state of nature, in political theory, the real or hypothetical condition of human beings before or without political association.
Based on the information in the excerpt, the United States brought Nazi leaders to military tribunals in Germany AFTER the end of World War II. <em>(a)</em>
BUT ... To our country's lasting shame, the horrors being inflicted on racially-selected segments of Germany's civilian population were well known to the US DURING the war, but our government did little or nothing to impede this barbaric activity and preserve civilian lives.
For example, the railroad tracks that guided the cattle-cars full of Jews to their torture, starvation, and death at Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, and Bergen-Belsen could have been disabled with a few well-placed bombs, easily, cheaply, and with minimal military risk. But they were not.
The ovens in the concentration camps, or the camps themselves, could have been rendered operationally useless with a few well-placed bombs, easily, cheaply, and with minimal military risk. But they were not.
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Impeachable is used to describe an offense that could get a public official impeached formally accused of misconduct. Describing an offense as impeachable means it could result in impeachment. The U.S. Constitution cites treason and bribery as impeachable offenses, along with other “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors are all examples of impeachable offense by an elected official.
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