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U.S.-NATO Attack
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Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of May 31, 2000
G.W. BUSH IS CONSTITUTIONALLY IGNORANT OR INDIFFERENT
Eric Schmitt reports (New York Times, 5/17/00, p. A11) that "Gov. George W.
Bush of Texas, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, today sharply
criticized a bill backed by Senate Republicans that would set a deadline for
withdrawing American ground troops from Kosovo. Mr. Bush called the bill a
'legislative overreach' that would tie his hands if he becomes president. ...
"Until today, momentum seemed to be building among most Senate Republicans for
the measure, which would cut off funds for the 5,900 United States forces in
Kosovo by July 1, 2001, forcing their withdrawal, unless Congress authorizes an
extension. Many Republicans said they assumed that Mr. Bush endorsed the
measure, which may be voted on as early as [May 24]. ..."
"'The Clinton-Gore administration has failed to instill trust in Congress and
the American people when it comes to our military and deployment of troops
overseas, but the governor does not believe this provision is the way to
resolve the lack of presidential leadership,' Scott McClellan, a spokesman for
Mr. Bush, said. 'Governor Bush views it as a legislative overreach on powers of
the presidency.'"
"Top aides to President Clinton have recommended that he veto an $8.6 billion
military construction bill if the Senate language is attached. The bill
includes $4.7 billion for American military operations in Kosovo, anti-drug
efforts in Colombia and other defense spending."
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15 GOP SENATORS WALK THE PLANK FOR DUBYA ON KOSOVO
Eric Schmitt adds (New York Times, 5/19/00, pp. 1, 10) that "In a victory for
the Clinton administration, the Senate...narrowly rejected a measure to set a
deadline for withdrawing American ground troops from Kosovo. Gov. George W.
Bush of Texas had also criticized the measure, but even so 40 Republicans voted
for it."
SPENCER ABRAHAM, BILL ROTH, ORRIN HATCH AND OTHER Y2K CANDIDATES IGNORE THE
CONSTITUTION
"By a vote of 53 to 47, senators stripped a provision from a military
construction spending bill that would have cut off funds for the 5,600 United
States troops in Kosovo by July 1, 2001, forcing their withdrawal unless
Congress authorized an extension. ...
"Fifteen of the 55 Republicans voted for a Democratic amendment to strike the
withdrawal language from the $8.6 billion military construction spending bill.
At least two or three Republicans, including Thad Cochran of Mississippi, said
they were swayed by the opposition by Mr. Bush, the presumptive Republican
presidential nominee. ..."
Those 15 Republican Senators who voted (53-47, Roll Call no. 105, 5/18/00) to
remove language requiring the United States to withdraw ground troops from
Kosovo on July 1, 2001 were: Abraham (Mich.), Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), Cochran
(Miss.), DeWine (Ohio), Frist (Tenn.), Hagel (Neb.), Hatch (Utah), Jeffords
(Vt.), Lugar (Ind.), Mack (Fla.), McCain (Ariz.), Roth (Del.), Smith (Ore.),
Thompson (Tenn.), and Voinovich (Ohio).
"'The intent of the amendment is to restore congressional oversight over the
Kosovo mission,' said Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, the provision's
chief Democratic sponsor. 'Of course, the administration doesn't like it. They
want a free hand to participate in military adventurism whenever and wherever
they please. They don't want to hear a peep out of Congress.'"
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Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of July 15, 1999
WAS NATO'S AIR WAR A $4 BILLION HYPE?
According to Col. David Hackworth (WorldNetDaily, 7/9/99), author of Hazardous
Duty and co-author of the 1989 international best-seller About Face and the
subsequent Brave Men, "NATO claims its aircraft destroyed 120 Serb armored
vehicles and tons of other military hardware during its recent Balkans bashing.
But as reported in this space last week, down in the Kosovo mud our grunts say,
'It ain't so.'
"Our warriors say it sure looks like NATO, after blowing a cool $4 billion on
bombs and missiles, didn't do the demo job as hyped. Pound for pound of enemy
gear destroyed, this is America's costliest war."
SERBIAN DECEPTION THWARTED NATO VICTORY
"So how did the Serbs pull the wool over NATO's electronic eyes and foil the
most high-tech military force in history?
"Simple. They used their imaginations and adapted tricks and deceptions that've
been around since long before the Trojan Horse rolled into Troy. And our
electronic spies in the sky and other high-tech gadgets, gadgeteers and
generals fell for it."
DECOYS ARE CHEAP TO BUILD, PAINLESS TO LOSE
"During the conflict, smart bombs and missiles costing from 50 grand to 2
millions bucks repeatedly blew up decoy 'tanks,' 'artillery pieces,' and other
'targets' made of sticks and plastic, some of which included primitive heat
sources for faking out gold-plated thermal-image systems in NATO aircraft.
"Our guys in Kosovo have found hundreds of imitation tanks, trucks, artillery
pieces, missiles and missile launchers, roads and even bridges, which NATO
aircraft and cruise missiles had 'destroyed.' 'From up close they look like
junk, but from three miles up, they'd look like the real thing,' says an Army
sergeant.
"Real roads and bridges were painted to show 'battle damage' to con NATO
satellites and reconnaissance aircraft into thinking they'd already been
knocked out.
"Another trick used by the Yugoslav army was to set up dummy mobile-air-defense
missiles units. Many of these were placed next to fake bridges (made out of
logs) and mock roads -- strips of black plastic sheeting laid across open
fields with 'tanks' and other 'military vehicles' painted on them."
NATO BOASTED WITHOUT FACTS ON THE GROUND
"U.S. aircraft flying at 15,000 feet had a field day blowing up these 'Serb air
defense units' and other dummy targets, while their spinners back at NATO
headquarters daily chanted to the world, 'We are significantly degrading their
air defense and combat ability.'"
"HIDE" OUTFOXED "SEEK"
"Serb commanders worked out that NATO did most of their reconnaissance during
the daytime, after which targets were laboriously picked by generals, diplomats
and horse-holders for presidents and prime ministers to approve, then assigned
to pilots who'd be tasked to zap them. So as soon as darkness fell, Serb units
scooted to new positions and began the mock-up game. One Serb commanding
officer said, 'From the 300 projectiles which NATO has fired, only four have
hit something of substance.'
"Another Serb CO said his unit would fire at attacking NATO aircraft and then
quickly move his firing batteries, replacing them with dummies. 'The time it
took NATO's photo-reconnaissance people to identify the point of fire ... and
return to bomb the mock-up was a minimum of 12 hours. So we knew when we had to
move our equipment -- every 12 hours,' he said.
"The same officer said that Serb army technicians had taken apart an unexploded
$1 million U.S. Tomahawk missile and figured out that its targeting largely
depended on a chip that guided the rocket by heat sources. As a result,
soldiers burned tires parallel to major roads and bridges. The burning tires
emitted more heat than the surface of the bridges themselves and attracted the
missiles away from the vital bridges."
MILOSEVIC EMULATES SADDAM'S DEFENSIVE STRATEGY
"Saddam Hussein used similar tricks during Desert Storm. His heat source was a
can with burning oil, set next to a plywood or rubber tank. An Iraqi prisoner
of war said he knew of one such 'tank' that was 'knocked out 10 times' by U.S.
aircraft.
"In February 1991, the Air Force reported they'd destroyed half of Iraq's
tanks. This news triggered Stormin' Norman's ground attack. U.S. units on the
ground later discovered that only 13 percent of the enemy tanks were knocked
out. Luckily, the Iraqis didn't have the stomach for a fight, or we would've
paid for this bad call in American blood."
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Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of June 30, 1999
BOB SMITH AND ONLY 20 OTHERS VOTED AGAINST FUNDING CLINTON'S BOMBING OF SERBIA
On May 26, the Senate voted 77 to 21 (Roll Call No. 151) to reject a move by
Senator Robert C. Smith (R-N.H.) to cut off funds for U.S. participation in
Bill Clinton's Balkans bombing campaign.
Senators who voted with Smith against funding President Clinton's
unconstitutional bombing of Yugoslavia were: Allard (R-Col.), Bunning (R-Ky.),
Burns (R-Mont.), Cleland (D-Ga.), Craig (R-Idaho), Crapo (R-Idaho), Enzi
(R-Wyo.), Feingold (D-Wis.), Fitzgerald (R-Ill.), Gramm (R-Tex.), Grassley
(R-Iowa), Gregg (R- N.H.), Helms (R-N.C.), Hutchinson (R-Ark.), Inhofe
(R-Okl.), Nickles (R-Okla.), Santorum (R-Penn.), Sessions (R-Ala.), Thurmond
(R-S.C.), and Voinovich (R-Ohio).
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CLINTON'S KOSOVO VICTORY: 5,000 DEAD, 850,000 REFUGEES
WILL YOU GET STUCK WITH THE BILL FOR $30 BILLION IN DAMAGES?
Investor's Business Daily (6/15/99, p. 1) reports that "Bombing killed more
people than a year of fighting between Yugoslav forces and Albanian rebels.
Before the bombing, fighting killed 2,000 people on both sides. NATO's refused
to estimate how many were killed by its bombing, but Yugoslav officials admit
to losing about 1,000 troops and 2,000 civilians.
"Independent analysts believe military casualties are probably much higher. The
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, based in Sweden, puts
deaths as high as 15,000.
"Bombing also sparked retaliation against Albanians in Kosovo. Many were driven
from their homes. Refugees swelled to over 850,000, compared to less than
100,000 before the bombing. ...Bomb damage to Kosovo and the rest of Yugoslavia
has been estimated at $30 billion."
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