She is not much different than Hanoi Jane... Laurie --- Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Were Hillary's Words Treasonous? > > Geoff Metcalf > Monday, Dec. 1, 2003 > > Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For > if it prosper, none dare > call it Treason. - Sir John Harington > > The Thanksgiving Day presidential visit to the > troops in Baghdad was a > brilliant finesse. Although the mean-spirited, > petty, partisan assaults were > inevitable, the scope of the whining is still > flummoxing. > > > Howard Kurtz (from the Washington Post) had a hissy > fit over the president > lying to the press. (See: Media Gripes: > <http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/11/28/11539.shtml> > Bush Lied About > Iraq Troop Visit.) > > > Huh? The "lie" was a function of security that any > reasonable person can > understand. The myriad of other presidential lies > should bother Kurtz more - > such as those concerning the sinking of the > Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, James > Forestall, the JFK assassination, Vince Foster, Waco > and the Branch Davidian > mess, Ruby Ridge, Oklahoma City, TWA Flight 800, > Area 51, Bill Clinton et > al. > > > Hey, prior to the Mogadishu disaster, official > policy was to deny (lie > about) the existence of Delta Force. > > > Lady Macbeth (Sen. Hillary Clinton) was apparently > miffed over her > Afghanistan/Iraq sojourn with Sen. Jack Reed being > overshadowed by the > President's Baghdad lunch. The result of which, > apparently, has compelled > her to provide aid and comfort to the enemy as > payback. > > > Hillary actually told our troops that "the outcome > [of the war] is not > assured," and her comment that we "must stay the > course" in both Afghanistan > and Iraq is insufficient mitigation for her other > egregious comments. > > > Some have argued that the two Democrat senators > actually provided AID & > COMFORT to the ENEMY. It is arguable how significant > the intelligence they > offered was ... lawyers can (and probably will) > argue whether it is > criminal. > > > According to Section 2381 of U.S. Code Title 18, > "Whoever, owing allegiance > to the United States, levies war against them or > adheres to their enemies, > giving them aid and comfort within the United States > or elsewhere, is guilty > of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be > imprisoned not less than five > years and fined under this title but not less than > $10,000; and shall be > incapable of holding any office under the United > States." > [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/18/parts/i/chapters/115/toc. > html] > > > Demoralizing American troops and encouraging enemies > to continue the battle > is not what U.S. senators ought to be doing. Telling > our armed forces in a > combat zone, "... there are many questions at home > about the > administration's policies," should qualify for a > 'walk to the woodshed'. > That 'Congressional Immunity' policy only works for > dumb stuff said on the > floor of Congress. > > > Al Jazeera was obviously jazzed by her rhetoric. > [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A72E913B-8E34-4F5E-8380-1215D17D3C36 > .htm] > > > * She said more troops, preferably an international > force, were needed > in both Iraq and Afghanistan. > > > > > * "We are fighting an enemy which has a lot of > impact by relatively > small numbers and we've got to provide security > throughout large countries. > That's not easy with the force numbers that we > have." > > Will someone please slap her? > > Telling the bad guys they are being effective > because they have "a lot of > impact by relatively small numbers" is monumentally > foolish. > > > Sen. Reed said the U.S. forces in Iraq and > Afghanistan had critical > shortages of specialized troops such as military > police, civil affairs and > psychological operations troops. Shame on you, Jack! > YOU ought to know > better (Reed was an Army officer). > > > The morale of the troops, Clinton said, "is very > high," but she said the > military personnel with whom she spoke in meetings > and during "two turkey > dinners" wanted to know "how the people at home feel > about what we are > doing." > > > "Americans are wholeheartedly proud of what you are > doing, " Clinton said > she replied, "but there are many questions at home > about the [Bush] > administration's policies." > > > Both Clinton and Reed claim the expense and > political weight in > administering Iraq would be made easier with the > U.N.'s imprimatur of > legitimacy and U.N. help in transferring power to > Iraqis. > > > "I'm a big believer that we ought to > internationalize this, but it will take > a big change in our administration's thinking," the > former first lady said. > "I don't see that it's forthcoming." > > > You damnbetcha it's not forthcoming. Unlike the > previous "co-presidents," > this president understands the lessons learned from > Bosnia, Rwanda, > Mogadishu and the serial terrorist attacks President > Clinton responded to > with only bluster. THIS president is a leader who > understands the imperative > of "Lead, follow or get out of the way." > > > The 'United Nothing' is a dysfunctional bureaucratic > accident waiting to > happen. It has proven itself to be the > personification of incompetence and > corruption. > > > Albert Camus once observed, "Integrity has no need > of rules." The converse > is also true: The degree of integrity is inversely > proportional to the > number and complexities of rules and bureaucracy. > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sndbox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net >
===== And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end the way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
