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THE Fox News poll indicates that -- by 2:1 -- voters think Bush is doing a better job of handling the war on terror than Gore would have done. The Friday Op-ed article in The New York Times by Leon Fuerth, Gore's chief national security advisor, gives us an inkling of why. Conceding that Saddam Hussein is "dangerous and likely to become more so," admitting that he "may well possess stocks of biological weapons," and agreeing that he "is trying to rebuild his capacity to make weapons of mass destruction", Fuerth argues, nevertheless, that Hussein is "not our most serious ...

A Secret Service agent, Walied Shater, wasn't allowed to fly on American Airlines Flight 363 on Christmas Eve (he was on his way to the Bush ranch in Texas). The pilot felt that Shater was a security risk to his passengers. Shater and his lawyers see it differently. "The only reason he was not allowed on that plane is because he is an American of Arab descent," John Relman, one of Shater's attorneys, said at a press conference. "Pure and simple, this is a case of racial discrimination." American Airlines, which lost two planes on Sept. 11 and nearly lost ...

AS they filed into the Harlem office building last week, riding the elevator to the 14th-floor headquarters of former President Bill Clinton, they must have looked like something out of a Hercule Poirot episode, or maybe even a Thin Man movie: the inevitable round-up of the usual suspects, coming together at the appointed time at the behest of Mr. Big -- or, in this case, Mr. Big He. There they were -- not all, but many of the familiar faces and voices (some participated via telephone) of the Clinton years: Maggie Williams, then Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, and now ...

The Night We Gunned Down Santa Claus There's strange things done 'neath the Vietnamese sun But the time that locked my jaws Was the night 'neath the moon, when the third platoon Gunned down Santa Claus. It started off right, just another night, You had to spend in the dirt. Security was out, 360 about With fifty percent alert. We had 81s and naval guns. Our tanks were track to track. An ontos or so, an arty fo' With barrages back to back. I froze where I stood, 'cause out of the wood, Eight horses came charging along. This may ...

IT wasn't just that NBC's Tim Russert was throwing softballs last Sunday to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, on "Meet the Press." Indeed, as The New York Times noted, Russert's questions "were not all softballs." This is true. Some of his questions were big, shiny beach balls that Clinton could lob back and never see followed-up on again. Russert began by quoting a statement by Mrs. Clinton regarding the Clinton administration's efforts against terrorism: "We did what needed to be done and could be done," Mrs. Clinton said recently, adding Clintonesquely, "but it was not near enough of what should ...

<p>Ok, ok...hurry up and read through Hillary's chatty inanities and then get down to what Bubba has to say.</p> <p>HILLARY on New York: "I feel an overwhelming responsibility in representing New York. This city is viewed as something that has everything and, thus, to much of the rest of the nation it's a place that can take care of itself."</p>

We're reaching the end of mopping up Afghanistan. bin Laden may or may not be found in a cave, but for all pratical purposes, the Taliban is history and an interim government is being installed. The greatest threat to America is Iraq. For eight years, Comrade Clinton allowed Suddam Hussein to work undisturbed on building weapons of mass destruction. At the same time, the former Rapist-in-Cheat allowed our military to deteriorate. Evidence shows that Iraq has been actively involved in terrorist strikes and plots against our sovereign nation. It is evident that we have no choice but to take out ...

A few weeks back an article was posted on FREE REPUBLIC concerning a lady, Colleen Castillo, who put out a plea for Christmas cards to be sent to an ailing Viet Nam Vet - Mr. Richard Workman. The response has been overwhelming and the call to make Richard's Christmas a merry one spread beyond FREE REPUBLIC into the media and the United States Marine Corps. Here's a link to the original article, and Colleen has kept us updated throughout the thread (posts 5, 73, 79, 125, 158, 200, 215): Send Christmas Cards to a Viet Nam Vet So, here is ...

Just heard on the Steve Malzberg Show: Bill Clinton offered his thoughts on the attack of 911. I believe he was speaking to a journalist, but I'm not sure what the circumstances were. I am going to have to paraphrase, but here is the jist of what he said: "No one was sicker than I at the news of the attack." Oh, really? Sicker than those wives and husbands and parents and children who just found out they lost their loved ones?! Oh, that's right. Bubba holds the monopoly on feeling pain. It's all about him, isn't it! "I knew ...

Since the act of war perpetrated against our nation, there has been an increased interest in gun ownership. I have noticed a dramatic increase in visitors to my site, Links to Black Powder Revolvers, on which I have listed over a hundred links to web sites that sell replica, antique, and non-firing Civil War era revolvers, and I continue to search the internet and update my site. I've also included interesting historical facts and a newly installed message board. I created this site solely as a public service for enthusiasts and I, personally, do not profit. So, for anyone interested ...

NEW YORK --VANITY FAIR HAS OBTAINED LETTERS and memorandums that document approaches made by Sudanese intelligence officials and other emissaries to members of the Clinton administration to share information about many of the 22 terrorists on the government's most-wanted list, including: Osama bin Laden. VANITY FAIR is set to unleash the story in January 2002 editions, publishing sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT. MORE THE MUKHABARAT, A SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, spent the early to mid-1990s amassing copious amounts of information on bin Laden and his cohorts at a time when they were relatively unknown and their activities limited, author David Rose ...

I received the following email: I wrote back to Colleen suggesting that she contact her local VFW, Marine Corps League, American Legion, and Vietnam Veterans of America. I've also posted her message on American Veterans I have corresponded with Colleen, so I know this to be valid. I AM HOPING YOU AND YOUR READERS CAN HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR, A MARINE, WHO DID TWO TOURS IN NAM, HE IS VERY POOR HEALTH AND PROBABLY WON'T LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER CHRISTMAS, HE LIVES IN A 3 ROOM HOUSE HE BUILT HIS SELF, HE HAS NO LIVING ...

<p>He was like any other kid growing up in the Depression - except he had a fascination for the Red Baron, Eddie Rickenbacker, and other flying aces of World War I. One day, Lee Archer would become an ace himself - the only African-American ace of World War II, flying with the Tuskegee Airmen.</p>

<p>Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright says the Clinton administration never had the public support it needed to root Osama bin Laden from his terrorist training grounds in Afghanistan.</p> <p>"The [bombing] events that happened [at two U.S. embassies in Africa and against the USS Cole] were abroad," Mrs. Albright explained to reporters prior to a speaking engagement at Cherry Hill High School East in New Jersey. "This [Bush] administration has the support to go forward in a way we did not."</p>

The Rev. Al Sharpton is to meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat today as part of the minister's international reconciliation mission in the Mideast. "I'm trying to make a moral appeal," Sharpton said yesterday in a telephone interview from Jerusalem. "Civilians should not be killed — World Trade Center, Pentagon or Jerusalem." Sharpton, who arrived in Israel this weekend for a three-day visit, said he was very pleased that Arafat accepted his offer. He is also to meet separately today with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. "I'm not taking sides with the Israelis or the Palestinians," he said. "Civilians should be ...

The horrific attack on our WTC might have been foiled if our Intelligence Agencies had had the resources to gather intelligence. It is because of Bill Clinton and his Leftist policies that they didn't. It is important that this fact be documented for the historical record. I have put together a section on my "American Veterans" site in which I have been gathering articles and information pertaining to Clinton's role in handcuffing our intelligence and demoralizing our military. If anyone knows of further articles or information that could be added to this site, please contact me. I am particularly interested ...

...While he occasionally played politician -- "We funded 2 million microloans when I was president" -- he came across mostly as an impassioned global activist. "Rich countries have to realize that we can no longer claim for ourselves what we deny for others."

The bombing of Afghanistan has raised questions large and small: How can U.S. forces tell the difference between a Taliban fighter and a civilian? Is the coming winter bad news or good? Is there a methodical war plan? Some answers are murkier than others. Q: How are targets selected? With a bit of airborne bureaucracy. The Pentagon says pilots go into an engagement zone knowing what they are supposed to strike. They are not allowed to pick and attack their own targets. If they see something, they tell a "forward air controller" who is responsible for verifying the target, then ...

A year after the bombing of the USS Cole, U.S. officials - prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks and America's new resolve to combat terrorism - have requested a reopening of the investigation into the blast that killed 17 sailors, a diplomat said Friday. U.S. investigators want suspects held in connection with the Cole attack reinterviewed in light of newly acquired information, the Western diplomat said on condition of anonymity.