Posted on 11/26/2001 7:01:24 PM PST by Angelwood
Over the recent Thanksgiving Holidays as I was doing some cleaning and reorganizing Free Republic materials and souvenirs, I came across a copy of the Washington Times which published Free Republic's "We Dare Call It Treason" ad. It still makes a very powerful visual statement seeing it 2-1/2 years later.
For background, members of Free Republic raised funds, designed the background and argued over the text of this ad and placed it in the Washington Times on the day that we joined other groups in a rally and dinner to honor the 13 House Managers who went to the Senate to try "Impeached" President Clinton.
Impressive and striking as our ad was and still is, I was struck by the relevancy of the front page headlines to recent people and events in the news. I have copied portions of the articles below:
KLA rebels train in terrorist camps; Bin Laden offers financing, too.
"Some members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which has financed its war effort through the sale of heroin, were trained in terrorist camps run by international fugitive Osama bin Laden -- who is wanted in the 1998 bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 persons, including 12 Americans.
"The KLA members, embraced by the Clinton administration in NATO's 41-day bombing campaign to bring Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the bargaining table, were trained in secret camps in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and elsewhere, according to newly obtained intelligence reports.
"The reports also show that the KLA has enlisted Islamic terrorists -- members of the Mujahideen -- as soldiers in its ongoing conflict against Serbia, and that many already have been smuggled into Kosovo to join the fight....
"The intelligence reports document what is described as a 'link' between bin Laden, the fugitive Saudi millionaire, and the KLA -- including a common staging area in Tropoje, Albania, a center for Islamic terrorists. The reports said bin Laden's organization, known as al-Qaeda, has both trained and financially supported the KLA...."
Clinton willing to negotiate for less than a "total victory"
"President Clinton yesterday softened his demands for a Kosovo agreement, saying the composition of a peacekeeping force is 'subject to negotiation' and emphasizing he is not seeking 'total victory' in the conflict.
"Mr. Clinton also invited the United Nations to give its imprimature to a peacekeeping force that the White House once insisted be led by NATO or at least have NATO at its core. Yesterday, the president allowed for a 'security force in which NATO plays a role.'
"The new flexibility by Mr. Clinton, who has generally taken a much harder line on Kosovo, came as the White House intensified efforts to find a diplomatic solution that would allow Yugoslav President Slovodan Milosevic a face-saving out."
Other headlines were about NATO mistakenly hitting a civilian bus and killing 17 people (collateral damage in the Kosovo war); protesters at Camden Yards when the Cuban national team played the Orioles; mourners and survivors of the Columbine high-school massacre; and an article entitled, "Toy guns are no longer something to play with" involving a man arguing with a co-worker and returning shortly with a gun -- a toy gun -- he was charged as if it were a real gun.
Clinton and his Administration launched a "war on terrorism" but it was a war of words -- PC rhetoric -- and maybe a couple of bombs on an aspirin factory and some expensive missiles aimed at empty tents in the desert (the famous "missed bin Laden by an hour" excuse). How can someone seriously hunt down terrorists and at the same time grant others of them pardons?
Compare and contrast Clinton "willing to negotiate for less than a 'total victory' to President Bush and his "No Negotiation" stance with the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Thank goodness President Bush is our Commander-in-Chief.
Can you arrest him now?
The Treason ad is a red background with white and yellow printing. There is a superimposed picture of Clinton and the head of China toasting each other with an impressive nuclear cloud between them. The heading at the top of the page asks: "Were America's Nuclear Secrets Compromised For Campaign Cash?" I hope someone can post a copy, but it may be in the archives that we can't access at this time.
Y'all weren't trying your best. You gave it your best, and we'll never forget it. Thanks from all of us.
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