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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (41199)	10/1/2000 12:04:42 PM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

kvkk, That is very interesting. I once read an article that said what you just said: That the military is now run by political appointees and it has lead to a widespread degredation of preparedness. I did wonder how Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon got his job. He seems to be terribly incompetent. He must have been a Clinton appointee. Anyone who cares about the military should not vote for Gore. There is a proposal in the UN which makes the paranoia of the militias seem quite real. The UN under Kofi Annan wants to take control of the militaries of the world under the UN flag. This is no joke. I know it sounds like some kind of black helicopter rumor but its true. The UN also wants to take control of all military war crimes tribunals. This means that soldiers would be shipped off to some UN court for trial. The US joined China in voting against this absurd law...but most nations voted for it! My guess is that Al Gore would probably transfer a lot of control of our armed forces to the UN. He really does believe in this "Global Village" stuff. Interesting that you feel that there were some war crimes committed in the Yugoslavia war. I agree. It was a completely unjust war which also violated the charter of NATO. Clinton's foreign policy has just been one blunder after another. Bill Clinton has attacked more countries than any other president in history. Every one of his military actions has either been a failure (Haiti, Somalia, Sudan), a stalemate (Iraq, Afghanistan) or a quaqmire (Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Kosovo). In fact, someone once pointed out that his only military victory was when he went up against the draft board and he won by getting a deferment via ROTC program at the University of Arkansas and then not enrolling. Excellent! -John