[at-l] A Weary Comment (OT)

[TRich@FDIC.gov (Rich, Timothy D.)]

Good Morning,

Weary, I don't what your idea of President Bush's "nose-thumbing" is (surely
not Kyoto), but his decisions have this nation's best interests in mind.  If
you want to acknowledge what makes this war, police action or effort more
difficult (I'll not argue to what degree), look no further than to your last
president.  Clinton did more to degrade our criminal justice and
intelligence capabilities than any other president, not the least of which
was his "human rights scrub" of the CIA.  Our military capabilities are far
less than when he took office.  When, not if, this effort becomes a battle
on more than one front, it will begin to show.

Take Care,

Tim
-----Original Message-----
Message: 13
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 19:29:15 -0500
From: Bob Cummings <ellen@clinic.net>
Reply-To: Bob Cummings <ellen@clinic.net>
To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re[2]: [at-l] (Guest Post) 2002 hiking

Gary, I completely forgot about the Revolutionary War. In my original post I
said I had no way to check on my assertions. I still don't. They are
opinions.
Yes, I think this war more difficult than World War One and Two.

 Upon reflection, I don't think it more difficult than the Vietman War,
which
 struck me from the beginning as unwinable and a foolish political exercise
 undertaken mostly for domestic political reasons, which backfired.

  I think this war is made more difficult by a president who spent six
months
  thumbing his nose at the rest of the world and then found he needed
worldwide
  support against terrorists who I had been expecting to strike for years.

  Despite this I sincerely hope our Supreme Court ordained president
succeeds,
  and quickly.

   Weary