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To: Elle Bee
Now, now. A smidgen of fairness and realism, if you please.

Whatever his antecedents, whoever his political protectors, Mr. Mueller spoke an unpleasant truth that would apply to any open society with enemies that hated it as much as ours hate us -- that is, whose enemies are willing to die to inflict harm on it. If you're ready, willing, and able to pay the price for what you want -- including the deaths of those you hate -- you can almost always get it.

For this reason, the "defense" of our people and property will almost always be most effectively pursued through offensive means. They want to hurt us, and if given time enough to think about it, they'll find ways to do so. So don't give them the time! Take the battle to them -- locate, close with, and destroy them before they can marshal their forces against us. That's what we've done in Afghanistan, albeit a little tardily, and that's what we must do in the face of the ongoing threat from al-Qaeda and fundamentalist Islam generally.

Any military man will tell you, if you let the enemy conduct his campaign against you on his own terms, waiting in a defensive posture to react to whatever he does next, you're going to need a lot of luck to prevail. Robert Mueller has only told us that we can't count on luck. I respect that.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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11 posted on 05/22/2002 4:43:13 AM PDT by fporretto
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To: fporretto
Fairness??

Mueller is as feckless as Freeh & Webster were/ are

he and the mindlessly politically correct DOT sec., Mennetta, are both useless holdovers from the most inept and corrupt administration since at least Carter

Mueller is also distracted by his treatment for prostate cancer ...... sorry about your problem pal but we don't need another part-time empty-suit now ...... he should go as should Menneta

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16 posted on 05/22/2002 5:34:29 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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