Posted on 09/18/2001 12:59:29 AM PDT by HAL9000
Shooting Stars
`Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without success,' Winston Churchill once famously said. Perhaps. But the Japanese might have a different take, having now had North Korea fire a missile over their heads. In a world where Pathan tribesmen with rifles have been replaced by rogue states with ballistic missiles, Churchill would have been the first to argue that the leader of the free world needs more going for him then the other guy's bad aim. To wit, a missile defense.
If the events of the past few weeks have taught us anything, it is that the bad guys out there--Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong II, Osama bin Laden and the like--are not kidding when they threaten to blow up Americans. What we don't yet know is just how many of them have the capability to follow through on their threats, though recent tests by both North Korea and Iran confirm that some are not that far away. We shouldn't have to wait until a missile lands in Times Square to find out.
Unfortunately that is precisely what Democratic Senators have been doing. Back in March, GOP Senator Thad Cochran introduced a bill calling for the U.S. `to deploy as soon as is technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense System capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack.' When the motion to move it to the floor for debate and amendments came up, it fell just one vote shy of the 60 needed. All 41 opposed were Democrats. While bin Laden bombs, the Democrats filibuster.
They have a chance to redeem themselves when the reintroduced petition comes up for a vote tomorrow. Events since the March 13 filibuster have tragically underscored just how irresponsible a move it was: India and Pakistan have exploded nuclear bombs; Iran and North Korea have tested ballistic missiles; Saddam Hussein has forced U.N. inspectors to a standstill; and bin Laden blew up two American embassies in Africa.
Indeed, it has lent a prophetic tone to the findings of the Rumsfeld Commission, a team of defense experts which in July warned that America's enemies could deliver a ballistic missile threat to the U.S. within five years of any decision to acquire such a capability. More ominously, the Rumsfeld report warns that `during several of those years, the U.S. might not be aware that such a decision has been made.'
In face of these tangible threats, the continued Democratic preference for arms control agreements in the bush over real defense capabilities in the hand is baffling. And our guess is that an American public that has now watched North Korea and seen for itself some of bin Laden's handiwork also would be a hard sell. We wouldn't be surprised, then, if these developments, coupled with a President suffering from a severe loss of moral authority, might lead some of these Democrats to consider whether they want to continue to block debate about ways to protect Americans--especially the 13 Democratic Senators up for re-election which follow:
UP FOR RE-ELECTION
Democratic senators who voted against closure on the American Missile Protection Act of 1998.
Barbara Boxer, California.
John Breaux, Louisiana.
Thomas A. Daschle, S. Dakota.
Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut.
Byron L. Dorgan, N. Dakota.
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin.
Bob Graham, Florida.
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont.
Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland.
Carol Moseley-Braun, Illinois.
Patty Murray, Washington.
Harry Reid, Nevada.
Ron Wyden, Oregon.
Source: Coalition to Defend America.
Bill Clinton might have his own second thoughts. It is worth asking whether Mr. Clinton could even have taken the limited action he did against sites in Afghanistan and the Sudan had bin Laden somehow managed to buy a missile of his own--or pay the North Koreans or Iranians to shoot one off for him.
Likewise, could George Bush have prosecuted the Gulf War if Saddam Hussein had had a missile capability? As Mr. Clinton has had impressed on him, just four or five warheads in hands like Kim Jong II's pose a far more immediate and practical threat to American lives and interests than the 2,000 or so in the Russian arsenal. Especially given North Korea's willingness to sell its missiles to anyone with cash.
Providing an American President with the wherewithal to shoot down a ballistic missile on its way to an American city shouldn't be a partisan issue. But if the Democrats decide again to make it one in the coming vote, that would be a persuasive Republican argument for a filibuster-proof Republican Senate. If we ever get a missile defense system this country needs, we may owe more to Monica Lewinsky and Osama bin Laden than we do to our Democratic Senators.
Is Boston near Cambridge?
A bin Laden with the first name of Yahia M.A. of 2 rue Charles Bonnet 1206 Geneva, Switzerland owns 13.52 % of a Cambridge company known as Hybridon.
It messes around with things like DNA,AIDS,HPV and viruses!
As in front company for biological warfare?
Camille Chebeir,President of Sedco Services,Inc which manages the investments of the Bin Mahfouz family of Saudi,is on the Board of Directors.
Mahfouz is one of the funders of our boy Osama!
Nicris Limited of Geneva owns 13.44 %.
Intercity Holdings of Hamilton, Bermuda owns 13.27 %
General Motors Domestic Group Trust has a 19.01 % share.
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America has a 16.63 % stake.
How utterly delicious to find a bunch of bin Ladens so near their house of biologicals!
Is Kennebunkport close?
Is Kennebunkport close?
About an hour, hour and a half drive up the coast, through New Hampshire (*) and into Maine.
* Where we charge Massholes vacationing in Maine a $1.00 toll for using a ten mile stretch of I-95. What a great revenue source! It reminds me a bit of a Monty Python episode where some guy says "I think we should tax all foreigners living abroad."
I also hope the FEC is following every stock short order outstanding as of 9/11. This bin Laden was cunning enough to try to profit from his filthy business (I thought they HATED captitalism!?).
This would be counter-terrorism at it's BEST!
I remember reading about the sucesses of a particular unit of the the French Foreign Legion in Viet Nam. It was made up largely of ex-nazi's and SS men. They'de raid a village and strap the locals on their trucks and tanks before moving their convoys. If they thought a road was mined, they'd cut a few loose, and make them go clear it. As long as they had local hostages, it kept the ambushes from being sprung.
Unfortunately the French (and us) didn't have the stomach to fight terror with terror.
If they complain, execute them. They should be thankful to get out alive.
I just read a number of articles on WorldNetDaily.com about attacks on by blacks on Whites in South Africa, attacks on Whites in America, Black on White Crime Statistics in America, Muslim and Asian immigrants flooding into France, Germany, England and America.
I am starting to see things in a racial perspective. I have never done this before. This is new territory for me. I am a Christian. I know that God loves all mankind and that I am to have love in my heart for all races... but I can feel a change taking place in my heart and in my thinking.
I am starting to think about the White Race and our survival. I am staring to wonder why it is supposedly racist for me to think about White Pride and preserving the White Race. I am starting to wonder why you can have a TV talk show named "Black Forum" but you could never have a TV show named "White Forum."
I am staring to think that there is a double standard that is harmful to Whites. I am starting to think that I want to see America preserved as a White Nation and I am starting to think that there is nothing wrong with thinking like that.
Is there anyone else out there who is starting to think like this too?
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