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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Neocon who wrote (40940)3/31/1999 7:53:00 PM
From: John Lacelle  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
Neocon,

Funny how history treats the compromisors.
In 1850, Daniel Webster gave a 2 hour speech
to a packed Senate. Even the House of Reps
and foreign dignitaries came to see the great
Daniel Webster give what came to be know as
the "Great Compromise" speech. Mr. Webster
outlined the fact that if the South tried to
leave the Union, it would trigger a great
civil war. He urged compromise and acceptance
for the North and the South. For that, he
was demonized for the rest of his life (died
in 1853, before the civil war he warned about
actually ocurred). The North saw him as a
sellout to their cause, the South didn't trust
him because he was from Massachusetts.

The moral of this story is that compromisors
in history never get any credit for having
the courage to state their position. Bush
also worked hard to get Iraq to understand what
would happen to them if they failed to abide
by the UN resolution to pull out of Kuwait.
He only resorted to force as all other options
ran out. Bill Clinton on the other hand, seems
to enjoy using cruise missles instead of diplo-
macy. I don't think they guy has tried at all
to work out a solution other than force an
unacceptable deal on Serbia. I wouldn't want
28,000 UN troops in my country. Neither did
Milosevic.

-John
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