To the Editor,

Nations rise and nations fall. The upcoming general election could very well mean the fall of America to a weak and second-rate nation.

There are three main reasons that can cause America to fall. The first reason is the $16 trillion nation debt Barack Obama and Congress have forced on the American people. The Obama administration created $5 trillion of that debt in less than four years. The government has spent far more money than they are taking in. The U.S. government borrows money from and pays interest to foreign countries in order to pay America’s bills. The national debt could reduce payments to Social Security recipients. State and federal workers could have their salaries and pensions reduced.

The second reason is Obama plans to reduce America’s nuclear weapons by 80 percent. That would make America militarily weak compared with China, Russia and other nations that have nuclear weapons. The nuclear weapons America now should not be reduced; they are a deterrent from attack by other nations.

The third reason is the most important. Obama is leading America to a moral decline and fall. Obama supports and encourages the immorality of homosexual behavior. Remember Sodom and Gomorrah. Americans have forsaken the faith of our founding fathers. The founding fathers believed there is one God and God sent his Son Jesus to this sinful world to die for the sins of all people. If Americans continue to ignore God and reject Jesus Christ as their savior, this nation will surely fall.

James R. Hardy

Hillsborough