We would be spending the money to send someone.....that's just one of the things we do....not that I like it....but that's what we do - we send "officials" to events like this all around the world.
No, I do not want Bill Clinton representing me anywhere. He belongs in on trial, in jail, or worse for his crimes against this country.
And I don't like the fact that this gives him one iota of legitimacy.
But sending him to a place where Clinton acted on behalf of his Indonesian friends instead of on behalf of the people of East Timor - just to me seems quite, uh, fitting. Let's see if he gets the cheers of the wild mob there........as he usually did in all his staged photo ops for those eight long years of hell.
I think back to that picture of Clinton and the mobs in one of the AFrican country he visited. The look on Clinton's face was one of sheer panic and fear. Perhaps he will meet something similar in East Timor.
Even more brilliant ... if the friends of Clinton's are also the friends of Bush. What other explanation is there for the sweet plea bargain that Bush gave Riady? What other explanation is there for Bush ignoring the Riady non-refund?