"That President Bush understands the full weight of this obligation was plainly evident in his press conference. "My job is to protect America, and that's exactly what I'm going to do," he said. "People can ascribe all kinds of intentions, [but] I swore to protect and defend the Constitution." Indeed, his duty arguably transcends constitutional document, originating in the Great Commandment, itself. One manifests love of neighbor, after all, by protecting the innocent and their families from imminent and grave attack. While the imminence of terrorist assault by nerve gas, biological toxins, dirty bombs, and the like is unknown, their gravity is not. The harms that would flow from the vast and easily transportable stockpiles of munitions Saddam Hussein has left unexplained are, as the president has said, "a direct threat."
Peace ought not be confused with appeasement. Only those insistent upon avoiding war at all cost — including the cost of freedom and continuing fear — can rationalize away the justness of America's need to respond to the previous deadly attacks and the continuing jihad. This is why there is proper authority. Beyond the president's inherent constitutional responsibility to defend his citizens, Congress in this instance has unequivocally authorized the president to do so, by the terms of the ignored Gulf War armistice, the passage of force resolutions immediately after 9/11, and more recently and specifically with respect to Iraq's continued belligerent noncompliance.
There is also just cause — protecting the lives of innocents from weapons of mass destruction is surely that. And finally, there is right intention — notwithstanding scurrilous commentary, this is not an "oil war"; our abundant strategic petroleum reserve and only modest reliance upon Middle Eastern natural resources dispel this myth."
Pass it on...MUD
"The pattern continued. In 1995, Cincinnati billionaire Carl Lindner, whom McAuliffe had successfully courted as a donor, put up money for McAuliffe to buy American Heritage Homes, then the second-largest home builder in Florida. And in 1997, Los Angeles businessman Gary Winnick, also a Democratic donor, gave McAuliffe an early opportunity to invest $100,000 in Winnick's new company, Global Crossing, an owner and operator of undersea fiber-optic cables. When the stock subsequently soared, McAuliffe made a reported $18 million from that $100,000 investment. Two years later, McAuliffe arranged for Winnick to play golf with President Clinton, and Winnick then gave a million dollars to help build Clinton's presidential library."
1 posted on 01/28/2002 2:36 PM EST by GRRRRR
INDICT Gary Winnick...NOW!!!!!
The Winnick-Bone is connected to the McAwful-Bone is connected to the SlickWillie-BUM!!
What the HECK is Ashcroft Waiting Fer?!
MUD