The Gospel According to Luke

Much to talk about this week, particularly the First Coming of the Savior, former three star general Wes Clark. "Four star," you say. No, the Pentagon denied the fourth star and he 'earned it the new-fashioned way'via a personal appeal to then President Clinton. I'll stick with the Pentagon version.

Before we get to Wes, we have some important information to pass on.

BOB WITKOWSKI COULD HAVE BEEN THE LIBERAL'S ANSWER to Rush Limbaugh. He is, and has been, a political and social activist, talk show host, professional photographer, father, husband, and staunch defender of our second amendment rights. He is also a former student of my Pop's from way back in the 1960's, and a Yale graduate, which nobody holds against him. Now Bob is a damned gifted writer. It is rumored that they actually taught writing in the secondary schools of those days as well as a solid measure of real American History and not merely stupid, faux sociological gobaldy-gook designed to make the American People cavort around a candy-ass May Pole forgetting their American heritage and America's unique place in Western Civilization. Mr. Witkowski can write with the best of them.

Bob W. recently wrote one of the best reviews of any book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. His subject is Sidney Blumenthal's THE CLINTON WARS, and you can find a link to it on his very entertaining website http://www.atwitsend.org Please take the time to check this out remarkable piece of work. The review is as riveting as the few excerpts of the book I have read so far. THE CLINTON WARS will be the first thing I shall pick up come Christmas recess and have a little more time for personal perusal.

Readers of DMY especially will like Bob's website, except, perhaps, for the pro-gun part. But, hell, I'm pro gun. Very pro gun. My family is into shooting sports and hunting in a big way.

THIS JUST IN FROM IRAQ: Letters from the front are sometimes suspect. This one is legit. It was sent to us by my Uncle who is a lawyer and very careful about things like sources. He knows the family of the Seabee who wrote the following and asked that his name, address, location, and email be deleted to protect him while in a hostile environment.

We offer the letter without comment. It is powerful, to the point, and runs contrary to what the media have, in general, been reporting. It follows:

"I caught wind of and read the recent news articles being circulated back
there in the states. I figured I could clarify some things for you.

As usual the news media has blown some things way out of proportion.
The countryside is getting more safe by the day despite all the attacks you are
hearing about. Imagine every shooting incident or robbery committed in LA or
Portland being blown way out of proportion. This is a country where most of
the Saddam Hussein thugs are being chased around like scared rabbits by
Coalition forces. It is literally open season on them! We hunt them down
like animals.
There were about a million soldiers in the Iraqi army at the beginning of
hostilities and most of them took off before we attacked. There are some
that were very loyal to Saddam that are trying to sneak around and take pot
shots at us. We are cleaning them up pretty fast.

There are also thugs from other countries running around, like Iran and
Syria. Well, the Iraqis hate these thugs as much as we do. So the Iraqi
people are hunting them down, too! I can honestly say 98% of the population
of Iraq love us, and they do not want us to leave...ever! They say as long as
we are here, they feel safe.

What is going on with the country's infrastructure? Everything is going
well! The railroad is running again! The railroad has not run since 1991.
In the city of Hillah, the power stays on 24 hours a day, and it has more
power than prior to the war ! Some Iraqis are worried about getting
too much food from the coalition because they don't have enough room
in their homes to store it. The markets are open.

The Seabees have rebuilt all of the schools and put in furniture and
chalkboards. The kids used to sit on the floor! Now they have nice desks
to sit at. Commerce is running. New money is being printed.The Iraqi Dinar
has stabilized and is now increasing in value. Most of the Iraqi men want
to buy Chevy pickups (I told them a Dodge Ram with a Cummins Diesel
is better. Ha Ha). They pretty much want any vehicle made by General
Motors. The highways and bridges are being repaired.

In the Universities, the girls have tossed away their deshakas (long black
dresses with head and face coverings) and are now wearing western style
clothes, and some are even wearing short sleeves. The favorite drink is
Pepsi, followed by Coke. They want us to bring them any and everything
American. Any item made in America or that is from America, is worth
money over here.

Your newspapers and television paint a picture of doom and gloom
suggesting that we are having major problems over here. That is just
not the case. The Iraqis have a saying about the situation over here:
"Every day is better than the day before". Life is flowing back into
this country, and it is fun to watch, and I am so glad I'm getting to
watch it happen.

Some days watching the Iraqi people is like watching the faces of little
kids on Christmas Day! Many of them are walking around in a daze
wondering what to do with their new freedom. They are starting
businesses everywhere. They want to build shopping malls and
factories; they want McDonalds and Jack in the Box and Pizza Hut.
Of course, anything that is American Fast Food, because of the stories
the troops are telling them. We give them our old newspapers and
magazines that you have been sending us, and they are absolutely
flabbergasted when they read them! They want us to keep bringing
them. They read every single page even the advertisements over and
over! (This would be a good time for the media to get their magazines
going over here because the Iraqis just love them.)

So in short , you see I will give you the straight scoop and keep you
informed of what is going on over here. I will sign off for now and
send this along. Thanks again to all of you for your support.My mailing
address has changed. The older one is no longer working. I will tell
you the new one as soon as we get it."

That's it. Now you decide.

Both of the above items have been cross-referenced at http://politicalpulpit.com because we thought it very important.

WES CLARK, FORMER GENERAL OF THE ARMY, has entered the field, enlarging the current crop of Democrat Presidential hopefuls to ten. Is it still Snow White and her dwarf cadre? Maybe. But who is the 'Snow White' in the current scenario? Could it be Hillary Of The Shrink Wrap Girdle?

Clark is a long time friend of the Clintons, who seem to be standing behind his run for the roses. This alone makes his candidacy suspect: the Clintons do nothing without guile, cunning and calculation. Some call it sleaze?

Is he a legitimate candidate or a false front for a run by Hillary?

Is he being used to block a run by Gore or to sink Dean's ship?

There are several things in Clark's background which need to be cleaned up:

FIRST�and foremost to many was his role in the Waco fiasco of 1993 that left eighty-two American citizens dead, dead at the hands of the United States Government. The dead included almost twenty children.

Clark was in command of Fort Hood in Texas. Ann Richards, then governor of the Lone Star State, asked for the Army's help following the initial raid on the Branch Davidian compound during which several government agents were killed or wounded, as were a number of the cultists.

Along with the request for military hardware and soldiers, the Posse Comitatus Law, which forbids the use of military personnel against American Citizens, was suspended. We assume that went through the Justice Department and its head, the newly appointed lady in the Blue dress, Janet Reno.

There is a suggestion abroad on the internet that General Clark was one of two Army officers who planned the final assault at Waco. Is this true? I don't know, but it behooves Mr. Clark and his staff to clear up the matter of his involvement in the horror that destroyed so many lives way back in 1993.

A goon with a gun is still a goon whether he wears a badge, carries an FBI identification, or sports a few general's stars.

SECOND�there are several questions arising from then General Clark's leadership tenure in the Balkans? Did he almost precipitate a shooting war with Russia when he ordered troops to attack their soldiers? Underlings refused to carry out the order, of course, and the General walked away with a face full of egg.

The Pentagon terminated Clark's leadership early; Mr. Clinton did nothing to stop the process.

This raises a question. Our Froggy French Friends are raising once again the 'cowboy' image, applying it to President Bush? Maybe the quintessential American Cowboy of the moment is ex-general Clark? Trigger Happy Clark? Shoot from the Hip Clark? Take your pick.

Is this man a viable candidate or a sham? We intend to find out and won't go along with the current hype. Have you noticed that much of the anti-military press is suddenly pro Clark simply because of his military background?

Clark is being called a military hero? What is the exact nature of his heroism? Of his heroic deeds?

Clark is being called a brilliant military strategist? Would be nice to know just what part of the Serbian mess he called the shots on? Specifically.

He has been called 'a democrat', but he seems to have joined that party as a Wesley-come-lately.

Dwight D. Eisenhower he ain't. But then, neither is George Bush nor anybody named Gore, Clinton, or Dean.

Will he wear easily the title of 'Weasel Wesley'?

FRENCH FRIES, FREEDOM FRIES, WINE, BRIE BOYCOTT ALL THINGS FRENCH: As much as I enjoy my correspondence with a reader of DMY who is French and has resided for a time in the States, I am still in favor of sticking it to our faux allies across the pond. Sticking it where it hurts�in their wine and cheese exports, and in their tourist industry.

Tourism is down eleven percent this year. Way to go!!!!

Ian Kleinfeld tells me I need to walk across the WW1 battlefield at Verdun and I will get a real feeling why the French are so afraid of war. My answer is that I Shall someday, but my trips to Gettysburg and Andersonville Prison south of here will have to suffice for now. I have made these pilgrimages several times. You get a feeling of how and why men perish, of their bravery, valor and occasional cowardice, and of the stupidity of those who plan the battles soldiers die in. But mainly I get a feeling, an appreciation for what it means to be an American, what it means to be a citizen of the United States. Every generation or two men seem to need to bleed to teach the lesson the masses forget.

You see, I live in the world. But my loyalties are owed to my own country. A Frenchman walking across the weed-choked trenches at Verdun should get a lump in his throat for France, not for the United Nations, not for the Germans or the Brits. I am not a citizen of the world. I am merely, as are we all, an inhabitant thereof. No amount of one-world bovine excrement will change my mind on that score. I get choked up when I hear the national Anthem. GOD BLESS AMERICA is stimulating�and I am an atheist.

There is a huge difference. Time to put America First, folks. If France won't help us in the Middle East unless we agree to 'Iraq-a-cize' the occupation and give them back their country in thirty days, then we simply do what we have done ever since the Viet Minh whipped French butt at a place called Dien Bien Phu back in 1954. We do not need the French. They do not want to need us. Seems simple from here.

Until Next Time.

Luke Angelo
Macon, Georgia
The Dying Little City Along The Ocmulgee River

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