http://www.softwar.net/goodwar.html There is no such thing as a good war. The war in Kosovo is being portrayed as a "good" war. The Clinton and Blair propaganda machine is spinning the killing in Kosovo as if it were some crusade to save lives. The only real images from the war in Europe were of U.S. planes killing innocent civilians, including Kosovar refugees. The TV set was filled with bodies blown to pieces by American airpower. The Clinton spin is that such things always happen in war, and that even if they were innocent women and children it was a "good thing" because we are there to save them. Where was the "good thing" spin when American viewers were treated to a naked and burned Vietnamese child, running away from a napalmed village? I don't recall the term "ethnic cleansing" being applied to the hill people of Vietnam, staunch U.S. allies in combat, who were erased by the genocide of the North Vietnamese Army. I do recall the wife of Ted Turner playing games with a communist anti-aircraft gun and NVA soldiers for the cameras. CNN missed that photo in their review of the Vietnam War history. CNN is leading the hysteria brigade to put ground troops in Kosovo, so where are you now, Jane Fonda? Clinton has no plan for victory, no plan for the refugees, no plan for peace and no plan for war. There were several logical alternative solutions. Clinton chose to ignore them all. The ultimate "come as you are" combat with the impulsive child-like "just do it" leader. Clinton's war in Kosovo will cost at least $8 billion, wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy and sucking up the lives of a generation for yet another useless war abroad. If we had offered $800 million to Milosvich for all of Kosovo, the fat communist might have taken the money and called us "suckers". If we had spent $800 million arming the maoist heroin smugglers that portray themselves as the Kosovar Liberation Army (KLA) then Milosovich would be fighting for his life in the streets of Belgrade. Clinton's "McWar" in Kosovo is in his classic Waco-kid style. Bomb Kosovo to save Kosovo. Burn the women and children alive to keep them from being abused by that mean old bad guy. Create the crisis and then rush in (with cameras rolling) to solve the crisis. Clinton chose the red button and hurled our war machine into action with the casual air of swatting a fly in the Oval office. He has become the poster boy for the very same "bomb happy" policy the liberal Democratic party lambasted Republican Presidents Reagan and Bush for. Yet, President Bush let the the professional soldiers win the Gulf war. The real pros, the entire force of Desert Storm, from the Generals at the top to the private in the foxhole, dismembered the Iraqi army and won the day. Liberals disliked the Gulf war because it was about "oil". Liberals love the 90s booming U.S. economy which certainly would not have taken place if Saddam had driven the price to $500 a barrel. President Reagan built the force of professionals that fought the Gulf War. Reagan won the Cold War with his brilliant defense budgets that drove the Soviet Union onto the dustheap of history. It was Reagan who saved the free world and his forces have protected us since his last day in office. Today, the boy President Clinton is destroying the legacy of Ronald Reagan by dismantling the very force that won the cold war. Today, we can't fight a two-bit version of Marshal Tito. Clinton is re-living the legacy of Lyndon Johnson in Vietnam. He has micro-managed the war and is picking targets. Clinton is not schooled in the art of war nor is his hand-picked staff. Clinton's DOD Secretary Cohen resembles a half-pint version of former Defense Secretary McNamara, reciting phrases that he can hardly udder with a straight face. Clinton has wasted million dollar missiles on the wrong targets and endangered the lives of American soldiers with wasted missions. However, the war in europe serves Mr. Clinton politically. Clinton, true to form, split the conservatives with a single master stroke. Republicans hate communists like Milosovich, thus bombing seems okay by conservative ideology. Other Republicans dislike the Clinton "Monica-Storm" style. Moreover, the DNC benefits greatly from the Kosovo war. Clinton has already played the "race" card with the "ethnic cleansing" hungry media, comparing his Republican opponents to Milosovich. Nightly TV images of white, european refugees play Clinton's white european liberal base like a finely tuned violin. Clearly, the bleeding heart liberal Kosovo war has far greater appeal to bleeding heart liberals (with money) than similar activities to save Aficans or Asians. However, Clinton is both careless and shallow. Clinton played golf while bombs fell on Belgrade. Clinton raised over $1 million at a DNC fund-raiser and then visited the family of one of the POWs in Serbia. The callous combination of fore, flag, family and DNC fundraisers is enough to bring tears. Tears of joy for the corrupt DNC fundraising machine and tears of rage to honest Americans. The DNC ploys of race and war are designed to fill the coffers of a weak Al Gore. Perhaps the plan is for Al Gore to over-see the "peace" talks or get the Russians to help settle a Serbian deal. Gore would look good for the 2000 elections and the Russians would look good for their next billion dollar pay-off from the U.S. taxpayer. Clearly, such a Gore event would be staged since the Vice President would have to burn fossil fuels to fly to europe. Do you remember "it's the economy - stupid"? The Kosovo war is going to cost. The so called budget surplus is gone, eaten by the "good war" in Kosovo. The retired can kiss their Social Security increases goodbye. The Republicans can forget about any tax cut. Clinton's call up of reservists is already rippling through economic markets like an earthquake. The price of gas has been driven up by NATO jet burning tons of fuel over the skies of Kosovo. The world economy was already braced for a slight downturn simply because of the Y2K event. We will now face tougher times ahead, thanks to Clinton's "good war". We may even face a tax hike. However, the Kosovo war has not been so good for U.S. foreign relations. Remember our "buddies" the Russians and our "strategic partner", Communist China? Relations with Russia have descended into cold war status and China portrays Clinton as Hitler in their press. Beijing may have to allow the first open demonstrations since Tinenamen square. Anti-American demonstrations backed by the communist government. The war, however, did manage to drive that pesky little China-Gate scandal out of the media spotlight. Even if Beijing does compare Clinton to Hitler - so what? First, it's in Chinese so Clinton's donor base won't care and, more importantly, the U.S. Senate is not calling him to testify about China. Stand by for the next CNN poll question: Do you support re-instating the draft? Is Gen-X prepared fight and die in the hills of eastern europe? Clinton waved his finger at us and said he would not put ground troops in Kosovo. The finger wave is Clinton's prime routine so expect troops any time now. Soccer moms are you prepared to send your sons and daughters into Kosovo to save KLA Private Ryanskokz? Clinton's last twenty months in office are going to be a rocky ride for America. The impeached lame duck, so recently held in "contempt" by a Federal Judge, will add Kosovo next to his name in the history books. Clinton is no LBJ, JFK, Nixon nor can he be rightly compared to Adolph Hitler. Clinton is now engaged in a personal crusade to save his historic legacy with a "good" little war... No matter how many lives it costs. ================================================================ 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 Charles R. 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