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To: Douglas V. Fant who wrote (5014)	4/22/1999 12:06:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 17770

Clinton is into power. He needs power gratification. He craved political power. He got it. There's nothing more to get. So that source of power gratification is played out. He craved sexual power. He got that too. But he played that string too long and too loosely. Now even he doesn't dare bring more "bimbos" (his word) to the White House to suck his willie. That source of power gratification is closed to him. The only source of power gratification left to him is military power. He controls the greatest military power the world has ever seen. Did we really think he would have the self-restraint not to play with his toys? And Albright is right up there with him (read the passages on her in Colin Powell's book. Scary.) Basically we are in this war for two reasons. 1. Clinton needed a wag-the-dog strategy to keep the China spying story and the contempt finding off the front pages and to divert attention from continued harping on the impeachment and whether that has weakened him. This has worked superbly, as most of his most cynical political moves have in the past. (He also wanted a "legacy," but he may not get the legacy he wants.) 2. Clinton needed an outlet for his power gratification needs. War was the only one left to him. Those are why we're in Kosovo. Everything else is spin.