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================= CYRIUSS' NOTES: August 21/98 ===================
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Dr. Doom
Exclusive to Mr. Cyriuss
August 20, 1998
Preface: Those who may remember earlier issues of Dr. Doom, will recall that Dr.
Doom strongly warned of the rising pro-Arab/anti-American sentiment spreading
throughout the world. Dr. Doom cautioned global travelers of a summer "surprise"
against Americans. August may be forgotten as one of the bloodiest months of
1998, but not to those whose family members were recklessly murdered. You may
wish to read the new thriller, Day of Wrath, authored by Larry Bond, a former
naval intelligence officer (who also collaborated with Tom Clancy in Red Storm
Rising), to discover interesting comparisons between the "paymaster" and Osama
bin Laden.
AND NOW, THE SALES JOB
Poor Sandy Berger and Madeline Albright, they must feel like janitors
sweeping up elephant dung at the circus, after the crowds have left. The late
afternoon news conference, following President Clinton's clarification of the
missile strike against Thursday's terrorist facilities, resounded like any
hostile Annual General Meeting for a disastrous stock promotion and probably
shared similarities with such a meeting.
According to the latest CNN Internet poll (you can vote by visiting
www.cnn.com), of nearly 50,000 votes tallied, 47% believed that Thursday's
missile attack was not a strike at terrorism, but a way to distract us from the
Lewinsky scandal. What you may have thought a kooky notion, that the timing of
this bombing attack is questionable, may not be so silly after all.
It would appear that the greater the effort expended to persuade the
frenzied pack of reporters, the more likely there was some uncertainty over the
timing, and possibly, the legitimacy of this military action. The parading of
Republican politicians before the television cameras to sway any dubious souls,
that this was, again say it all together now: NOT related to the Monica Lewinsky
scandal. Perhaps Senator McCain's remarks were most telling: "I hope and pray
that the American people will support the President in this action." No kidding!
Yes, the senators all agree that they would have liked to been briefed,
but, in fact, this customary formality, was jettisoned. It bothers some
politicians a great deal that Clinton proceeded without first notifying key
leaders in Congress. We'll hear more about that later, after Judge Starr
presents his report to Congress. That the White House usurped congressional
powers will not go unnoticed after the shock and fanfare of the surprise attack
dies down. The House and Senate have not forgotten that "acts of war" are a
constitutional authority granted to Congress. Emergency? What emergency? All
members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees had been studying Osama
bin Laden for over a year. A New York Grand Jury had secretly indicted Mr. bin
Laden for allegedly financing the World Trade Center bombing. As mentioned in
the preface to this article, you will find numerous comparisons to the character
in the latest Larry Bond novel and this Arab terrorist.
All details of Thursday's attack were kept secret, hours after the
operation was concluded. That it was an abysmal failure should open your eyes.
The objective of this assault was to destroy the alleged fanatic, Osama bin
Laden. He survived the bombing. No doubt Pentagon warmongers will cheer that the
list of a few more dead Arabs grows longer. Forgotten is specific US law that
prohibits the assassination of a foreign national, terrorist or not, which, like
other laws, the Clinton White House seems to find wiggle room.
Follow the media spin and swallow the falsehood that this was not an
attempt to murder the head of a terrorist network. What was this then? A US
fleet that unilaterally launches cruise missiles into two foreign and sovereign
nations is generally considered to be an act of war. That requires congressional
approval, before the attack, not as an afterthought.
The irony of today's bombing was that US intelligence has known the
location of these terrorist camps for months. No action was taken until the
coincidental day that Lewinsky was said to angrily testify before Judge Starr's
Grand Jury. Early rumors have been spread that FBI intelligence in planning
these bombings was lacking and that the ENTIRE basis of Thursday's strike,
reportedly stemmed from CIA signal intercepts, i.e. phone taps via satellite.
How reliable is the CIA, an agency that had been widely criticized in failing to
predict India's first nuclear test?
President Clinton is getting no peace, from the press, over the Lewinsky
scandal. The media is clearly on mistrust-mode when it comes to any words
emanating from Clinton. Rationalizing his decision to bomb two foreign
countries, Clinton announced that "no US lives were expendable." Thursday's
attack was as terrorist, in nature, as any bombing against US civilians. Memory
of this assault will be resurrected, time and again, throughout the Arab world.
Irresponsibly, President Clinton has jeopardized more American lives with this
decision, than any fanatical terrorist group promised to provide. It is this
concern that led the US media bluntly interrogate Secretary Albright and Mr.
Berger.
The Sudanese Ambassador the United Nations, Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed,
furiously condemned the US government action against his nation. He denied the
chemical facility was used to produce nerve gas and openly invited the United
Nations to inspect this plant. In fact, the Sudan government had earlier
solicited the US government to visit Sudan and inspect suspected "terrorist"
facilities. It is expected that other countries will prepare delegations to
visit this facility and others in the Sudan.
So cynical was the initial Internet response against this military
action, the Pentagon sent representatives into the Internet chat rooms to
convince doubters that this was an appropriate, responsible and legitimate
attack. As the story unfolds, the spotty number of crude shacks and other
dwellings evolved into a terrorist complex. Later, this became "one of the
largest terrorist camps in the world." Then, these ten or twenty buildings
became a "University for Terrorists," with as many as 600 "potential" terrorists
SLEEPING.
The irrationality in the timing of Clinton's decision to bomb on
Thursday must be contrasted against strife in other places, at other times. Why
not bomb Kosovo or track down the hideous Serbian dictator and have him off'ed?
Perhaps, a war on the borders of Albania might strike to close to home to that
now-famous movie!
Wag-the-Dog syndrome? Absolutely. Thursday's bombing overshadowed that
"other" news headliner, the Lewinsky scandal. It was reported that Monica's
testimony, Thursday, contradicted President Clinton's testimony on Monday. That
she disclosed vivid details of their sexual encounters, now explicitly
describing the kinkiness of their trysts, sent the President to the panic
button. As we reported in Thursday morning's Dr. Doom column, the Washington
Post had plastered across their front page that Ms. Lewinsky was disappointed
and would angrily spill details challenging Clinton's testimony, thereby
trashing what little dignity remained in the President's non-apology apology,
the other night. The go-ahead to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan came a few hours
later.
It is a reminder, again, that Slick Willie is the president and none of
the rest of us are. "Wag the Dog" illustrated for us, if nothing else, that the
best way to distract an entire country from a sex scandal is to wage a war,
fictitious or otherwise. This is nothing new for a US president. When Richard
Nixon saw the writing on the wall, as his presidency drew to an end, he used his
authority, as Commander-in-Chief, place the United States Air Force on DefCon 3,
during the Arab-Israeli War.
We now find a new variation to an old script: Start a war and count on
the American people to rally around the President. For the market's sake, we
should kneel down on bended knee and pray, for the sake of the world's financial
markets, that Osama bin Laden continues to remain a fugitive. Distasteful as
this may sound, Clinton's strategy of throwing up distractions, the closer Judge
Starr draws near to proving this emperor prances about without clothes, it is
the only way from preventing a Bear Market on Wall Street.
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