Posted: November 3, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Judging from the latest polls, Hillary Clinton may be the only hope the Democrats have of putting up a viable opponent against President Bush. With one of the biggest issues of next year's campaign season bound to be the fight against terrorism, rogue nations and despots, Hillary's only real record and expertise in this area will be tied to what her husband did – or didn't do – and what she learned from it.
Before discussing how Hillary Clinton would handle terrorism, it's only logical to first look at the record of her partner in crime in this area. If she's elected, it will be, in essence, a third term for both of them.
Since Hillary met Bill, she's observed his approach and behavior, and how it took him to the top. The first thing she must have noticed was his adeptness at danger avoidance, starting with the letter he wrote to the commander of the University of Arkansas ROTC detachment. That letter wasn't simply the voice of a conscientious objector who vehemently opposed violence and the taking of a fellow human life. It was the cry of a man on the Titanic who just heard the captain yell, "Women and children first," and was desperately searching for a cocktail dress, high-heeled pumps and a wig.
Knowing how the country felt about that incident, Clinton figured that, while president, he'd better, at least, look tough on terrorism. In 1998, he had us lob a couple of $1.2 million cruise missiles into Afghanistan, which did nothing but double that country's gross domestic product.
He also had some fired at a pharmaceuticals plant in the Sudan, virtually eliminating the global threat posed by aspirin. What was accomplished by these attacks, other than sentencing thousands of Sudanese to no relief for their migraines? Not much, really.
Clinton tells it differently. He says that, during his tenure as president, his administration thwarted at least 15 terrorist plots, including plans to bomb the Holland Tunnel connecting New York City and New Jersey; a plot to blow up a flight from Los Angeles to the Philippines; a plan to kill the pope; and word has it he successfully put down a threatened comeback by the Bay City Rollers. He even managed to achieve all this while playing "pin the DNA on the donkey" in the Oval Office. Pretty impressive time-management skills, if you ask me.
How would the Clintons recognize a terrorist, anyway? They engaged in scummy land deals, heard a credible accusation of rape and fired honest hardworking employees with families so their cronies could have jobs. They trashed the reputations of women Bill exposed his "distinguishing characteristic" to, endangered national security by letting the Chinese mold him until he started to resemble a big pile of Kung Pao Chicken, and worst of all, let Hillary hitchhike along with her own unzipped duffle bag full of socialist goodies. Recognize terrorists? Heck, they are terrorists – in the "Chattahoochee Mafia" sense of the word.
Fortunately, Hillary's first major stupid idea, national health care, went about as far and had the same end result as the typical Jan Michael Vincent joyride, but with Hillary as president, the next time we may not be so lucky.
The Clintons are always saying, in essence, that we were safer when Bill Clinton was president, and if Hillary runs, they'll ask Americans if they want to go back to those peaceful times when there were only five destructive missiles launched in eight years – two at Afghanistan, two at Sudan and the one documented in the Starr Report.
I don't doubt for one second that this country was at least a little safer when Bill Clinton was president, especially concerning China. The Chinese weren't about to nuke the White House with their own citizens crashing in the Lincoln Bedroom, especially if they had the state checkbook with them.
How might a Hillary Clinton administration deal with terrorism and despotism? Probably in a way eerily similar to how her husband handled it. Your enemies usually won't want to harm you if they're profiting from the relationship. It's "security by mutual extortion" – an under-the-table quasi-free market system that provides open communists abroad and closet Marxists at home with a way to practice guilt-free capitalism without publicly compromising their principles. Presumably, Hillary's administration would pick up right where her husband left off.
One thing is certain: The "war on terrorism" will come to an abrupt end if
Hillary Clinton is in the Oval Office. When your enemies are indistinguishable
from your friends, the fight is over.
Doug Powers is a freelance writer whose work has been read by millions of Internet denizens.
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