Letter Surfaces that Dean Urged Clinton to Obliterate Bosnia

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Retired general's advice
on fixing America
'Clinton has helped
Marxists and terrorists ...
at every opportunity' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- By Anthony LoBaido
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com "Sex and perjury were the wrong impeachment offenses. It should have been
on his treachery and failure to live up to his oath of office." -- U.S. Army
Gen. Albion Knight, Jr. (Ret.) In an era of declining military morale, controversial deployments,
questionable readiness and a commander in chief plagued by continual scandal,
U.S. Army Gen. Albion Knight -- proclaiming a worldview shared by many in his
generation -- claims to see a way out. Knight is not evasive and pulls no punches in his lively analysis of what
is wrong with America and how to fix it. Having graduated from West Point in 1945, Knight served as a commissioned
officer in Japan, and later as a top U.S. commander in Vietnam and with NATO.
Upon his retirement from the military, Knight served through several
administrations in nuclear security. In 1992, the general ran for vice president, along with Howard Phillips,
on the U.S. Taxpayers Party ticket. He has also been an ordained clergyman since
1954. Recently, WorldNetDaily had an in-depth interview with the retired Army
general. "After World War II, the top U.S. military leaders taught me to look at
the world from a strategic viewpoint -- something that too few leaders have a
chance to do. I saw first-hand the magnificent work of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in
Japan," said Knight. "After returning to the U.S. in 1947, the Army sent me to the University
of Illinois for two years to earn a masters degree in electrical engineering --
plus gain a wonderful wife. In 1950, I reported to Albuquerque, N.M., and began
my first of five tours of duty in the nuclear weapons field. I took part in the
Army's excellent educational system at every level." Between 1959 and 1970, Knight served two challenging tours on the Army
staff, a year with the Atomic Energy Commission and a year in the back-office of
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. Later, Knight served as a professional staff
member of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy of the Congress -- the
predecessor organization to the Department of Energy. "I resigned my position at the Department of Energy in protest over the
Carter administration's disarmament desires. We lost the war in Vietnam for one
simple reason: The U.S. government did not want to win the war. Carter's
policies were a continuation of that policy of defeat, retreat and surrender
vis-a-vis the betrayal of Iran, Nicaragua, Rhodesia, Afghanistan and the near
betrayal of South Korea. "But in 1980, President Ronald Reagan began his great work to restore
America's pride and military." Knight said that Reagan succeeded by harnessing his vast communications
skills honed by years of acting in Hollywood. "Reagan's message was this: 'I am proud to be an American. I will fulfill
my oath of office to keep our people safe from all dangers, foreign and
domestic.' He understood America's vital role in being a source of freedom in a
very dangerous world and that, to remain free, we had to be strong. He also had
the ability to speak the truth in a believable, simple and direct way. Americans
trusted him." During the 1980s, Knight was involved in a unique project. He and others
were asked by members of the Reagan administration to draft a list of goals that
would be the framework of a Marxist president if one were to be elected to lead
the United States. "We concluded that a Marxist and / or communist president, if he ever came
to power, would focus on the transfer of national sovereignty at every
opportunity to international organizations. He or she would also weaken the
armed forces physically, mentally and spiritually. The 'dumbing down' of our
public school educational system would also accelerate." "Furthermore, we decided that a Marxist president would assist all or most
of America's enemies -- Russia, China, Cuba, radical Islam, North Korea and
others. He would disregard the Constitution at every opportunity and rule by
decree, meaning executive orders would earmark such an administration. Bogus
arms control agreements, buying-off or intimidating Congress by stealing the FBI
files of its members, controlling the media and trying to stop all alternative
media would also be major goals." In addressing the two terms in office of President Bill Clinton, Gen.
Knight is resolute. "What has Clinton done in this regard? He has hit every one of the above
actions and more. I have a file over six inches thick with articles describing
these actions. The salami slices add-up to a message of treason. Sex and perjury
were the wrong impeachment offenses. It should have been on his treachery and
failure to live up to his oath-of-office. "Clinton has helped Marxists and terrorists and their 'world revolution'
at every opportunity. Cultural Marxism is also a key Clinton goal. He has been
giving us a bad example that it is all right to lie, cheat, steal, threaten and
even rape women if it is done in high office. There is a steady movement toward
a Gestapo-like control over the people. There is today in the U.S. a total lack
of any sense of nation and its protection as required by his oath-of-office.
Furthermore, Clinton has been selling and giving our nuclear and other high
technology secrets to communist China and giving Russia the money to re-arm at
U.S. taxpayers' expense." The Russia and China alliance Speaking on U.S. relations in the 1990s and at the turn of the millennium,
Knight says, "China and Russia have threatened to nuke us. Why are Americans
unconcerned? I believe it is because so many of our people don't know and many
don't want to know. The government does not want them to know because, by and
large, the present government fears and distrusts the people. The government-
controlled media and the transnational banks don't want Americans to know. But,
our people must know if we are to survive as a free nation." "We must tell Russia and China that we intend to stay alive and to be
strong. Next, we should remind them that the motto on the old War of
Independence rattlesnake flag is still true: 'Don't Tread on Me!' There are
consequences to their threats. Yet, as Ronald Reagan did, we must tell the world
the truth -- China and Russia are still the 'evil empire.' It must be
articulated over and over again." Knight went on to add that America should terminate all foreign aid to
Russia and China, via the World Bank, the IMF and direct loans, re-take the
Panama Canal, deploy a missile defense shield, control U.S. borders, slap a
tariff on Chinese-made goods and publish intelligence information on Russian and
Chinese duplicity. "In the 1990s, first George Bush and then Bill Clinton proclaimed that the
Cold War was over and that America won it. Communism was dead and our former
enemies no longer threaten us and have become our friends. Therefore, we can
safely reap a huge 'peace dividend' from our bloated military structure that was
no longer needed. It seems clear that these rosy assessments were premature.
Thus, it is time for a re-evaluation. "Americans like to work in conditions of stability where we can best use
our talents for organization and planning. The long Cold War gave us that
stability. We thought we had reached an understanding with the Soviet Union that
we would not blow each other off the map. We thought that we had a new strategic
partner in communist China. Our business and financial communities saw huge
opportunity for trade with Russia and China. They were encouraged to do this by
a socialist federal government on the basis that it would help other Marxists,
add to its political coffers, help world brotherhood, bring about a global
economic system and ensure lasting peace." Knight believes the ideals of the post-Cold War world are something akin
to a "false utopia," especially regarding the Bush and Clinton-era policies
toward Russia and China. "The New World Order is a utopia. And utopias throughout history tend to
end badly. The world is far more unstable today than during the Cold War. The
world scene is dynamic, not static. Plans based upon conditions of three to five
years ago no longer match what we see around us. The Army War College has come
up with an acronym to describe present world conditions. It is VUCA. Volatility.
Uncertainty. Complexity. Ambiguity. That is a description which more accurately
describes the world around us than the Cold War." Russia and China are not America's "strategic partners," he emphasized. "Both the Russians and the Chinese tell us openly they are our enemies. We
ought to believe them. Communist China openly threatens to 'nuke' our cities,
has gained control over our security and trade lifeline via the Panama Canal,
steals our scientific secrets, buys our government including the U.S. Congress
and owns a large chunk of our debt -- all while adding to their ability to harm
us." "With former KGB head and new president, Vladimir Putin -- a strong,
younger man the likes of whom the Russians haven't seen in charge for many
decades -- we see more clearly that the KGB has been in control behind the
scenes all along. Now that they apparently realize they have squeezed about as
much money from the West as they are going to get, they have let us know what
they have been doing all along. They are continuing to develop and deploy new
strategic and tactical nuclear weapons and are practicing war games over NATO
airspace. Additionally, they have been continuing a massive biological warfare
program, passing some of their technology and weapons to other enemies of
America. They have also restored their strategic alliance with communist China." Knight said that although the Russian army is a mess, Russia does not need
a large conventional force to "scare the West to death." Rather, the Russians,
in Knight's mind, only need a modern, effective nuclear and biological weapon
capability. "Yes, much of the Russian navy is tied-up at docks as rusting hulks. But,
there is a very modern part of their submarine fleet which is fully capable of
putting the nuclear fear into our so-called decision-makers," said Knight. "The cold, hard and brutal fact is that our enemy situation is grim. The
Middle East could explode. Radical Islam continues to grow in strength and
hatred towards the U.S. The Clintons' enthusiasm in setting-up abortion clinics
in Islamic countries via the United Nations Population Control Program is not
helping matters any. The drug war continues to weaken our nations -- even while
our banks launder trillions in drug money. "Russia's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons are newer and better
than our own. They are still able to hold us under strategic blackmail. But our
government refuses to tell us about that. They, instead, proclaim our dangers
come mostly from a few so-called rogue nations. They are either blind or they
lie. Our armed forces have been cut in more than half, are wearing-out fast and
are running out of spare parts and, yet, this interventionist administration
keeps sending the troops out to places they ought not to be. The result is that
the American youth are refusing to enter the armed forces. Do you smell a draft
to allow us to continue playing "globocop"? Knight also laments several other factors that he feels are preventing
America from righting the ship. "We have the most venal, avaricious government in the history of our
nation. Our business community no longer considers itself to be American but,
rather, global." A "lack of military leadership" at the top of the U.S. armed forces
command structure is another problem, he says. "America's military leadership increasingly shows it lacks integrity,
moral courage, wisdom and foresight. For example, the devastating effect of
women in combat positions and aboard ships is becoming more apparent each day.
Yet, no active duty military leader is telling the Clinton office-holders the
truth that our military is being ruined. We have lost our fighting-edge while
acting as so-called 'peacekeepers.' It is high-time for America's military to
regroup, restore, reform and return to protecting our nation's vital interests
in this ever more dangerous world." Speaking about the 20th century allies of the U.S. and Great Britain,
Knight said, "The Afrikaners, Rhodesians, South Koreans, Karen of Burma, Hmong
of Laos, Cossacks and Kurds all fought on our side at one time or another. I'm
talking about World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, Afghanistan,
Central America and Desert Storm. The U.S. has betrayed or is presently
betraying all of them. The rugged Afrikaners, Israelis and South Koreans have
survived an onslaught of communism and Islamic jihad in their respective
countries. America can't afford to betray her allies any longer." Turning America around Gen. Albion Knight believes America and the West can recover from its
present lapse in character, military strength and morality if "courageous,
principled leaders willing to tell the truth" can reclaim positions of power
within America's culture and government. "Both Reagan and Thatcher turned around the U.S. and the UK in the early
1980s. With the support of the American people, the "turn around" is practical
and can be done -- but not without fierce opposition from powerful directions. "Most actions are policy-related and not those requiring expenditure of a
lot of money. In national security, those policy changes are based upon a firm
commitment by the president to do everything possible to preserve and protect
the United States as a free, independent and sovereign nation -- and that
commitment extends over any other international commitment," said Knight. "For the nation as a whole, we need to get the Big Nanny government off
the back of the American people and out of our pocket. Our future presidents
must show a willingness to live within the Constitution of the United States and
the Congress will need the courage to fire him if he doesn't. Also, the
president must understand he is obligated to God and not merely to man in regard
to performing his duties." Regarding the culture and youth of our nation, Knight sees the possibility
of a new dawn and reawakening of traditional American values. "We need a God-believing, committed and aware remnant. Our Founding
Fathers led only a minority of Americans to gain our freedoms against almost
impossible odds. The Holy Bible is filled with examples of what God can do with
a faithful remnant. But, do we have such a remnant in America? I am convinced
that we do. Our Clinton-led government wants us to forget God. We cannot let
that happen. We have a lot of the American people who will not let that happen -
- in spite of the courts, in spite of academia, in spite of some of the liberal
churches and in spite of the entertainment world," said Knight. "So, the controlled media will not let the people know the facts? We now
have the alternate media -- which is growing by leaps and bounds -- bringing the
unfiltered truth, mostly through the Internet. "Public education is dying and getting worse daily. But the home school
movement is training leaders of tomorrow. Higher education? Yes, they are loaded
with more Marxists than exist in Russia. But, they are pricing themselves out of
the market. Many private schools are showing the way back to literacy -- which
the teachers unions prevent in the public school system. "So the mainline churches are dying? Let them die. But there are now
millions of people in the land that are learning what the Word of God is telling
them and are gaining strength, quietly, every day. Bible-teaching churches are
growing. Bible study groups expand weekly. This is releasing steady spiritual
power of discernment and strength to the remnant of the American people." In speaking about this remnant, Knight says, "Those of the American
remnant have no voice. They have little money. They have heart, mind and soul.
They have growing anger. I am speaking of 10 percent of the population. But we
must remember that there was only a minority who supported and fought the
American War of Independence -- about one third. But, they had the benefit of
the intellectual elite on their side. "The bottom-line of all of this is that there are a lot of potential
fighters out there," he said." But, there is no public voice strong enough or
wise enough or astute enough from a public relations point of view to raise the
standard sufficiently high enough for others to see and follow. The conservative
movement is still caught-up in its old way of doing things. It is hard for them
to break out of the mold. "God can use a few strong men and women who know who they are, whose they
are, and what they ought to do. We must be prepared in case God finds use for us
in His plan. So I am by no means throwing in the towel."

Anonymous

Dean urged Clinton to take unilateral action in Bosnia
By Steve Komarow, USA TODAY
Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, a strong critic of what he calls President Bush's unilateral approach to foreign policy, urged President Clinton to act unilaterally and enter the war in Bosnia in 1995. (Related item: Text of letter)
"I have reluctantly concluded that the efforts of the United States and NATO in Bosnia are a complete failure," he wrote, citing reports of genocide during the Bosnian civil war. "If we ignore these behaviors ... our moral fiber as a people becomes weakened. ... We must take unilateral action."The July 19, 1995, letter, obtained by USA TODAY, was written on Dean's official stationery as Vermont governor. The language appears to contradict Dean's core complaint that President Bush has followed a unilateral foreign policy, instead of a multilateral approach that relies on consultation and joint action with allies. He has repeatedly attacked Bush's decision to invade Iraq."I think getting rid of Saddam Hussein is a wonderful thing," he saidlast month. "But the question is, is it a good idea to send 135,000 troops unilaterally to do it?"In the 1995 letter, Dean argued for unilateral action in Bosnia on moral grounds. "As the Catholic Church and others lost credibility during the Holocaust for not speaking out, so will the United States lose credibility," he wrote.The civil war in the former Yugoslavia gave rise to war crimes and mass murders not seen in the West since World War II. U.N. peacekeeping had failed, but the Clinton administration was undecided on whether to take military action.Dean told Clinton that America had to intervene alone because the United Nations and NATO were unable to act effectively. He called for Clinton to bomb the Bosnian Serbs and supply arms to the Bosnian Muslims. He opposed using American ground troops.Clinton eventually won approval from NATO but not the United Nations for a limited bombing campaign that led to peace talks and a NATO peacekeeping force at the end of 1995. About 3,000 U.S. troops are in Bosnia today.Dean's support for the war in Bosnia is one of several examples he uses to differentiate himself from Democrats who oppose virtually all international intervention. His advisers say his stance has remained consistent over the years: A humanitarian crisis of the scale that occurred in Bosnia should trigger an armed intervention. So, too, would an attack or imminent attack on the United States.The word "imminent" is key to differentiating Dean's policy from the president's decision to invade Iraq, said Jeremy Ben-Ami, policy director for Dean's campaign.Bush "sold the war on the basis of an imminent threat to U.S. security, and that has now been shown to be false," Ben-Ami said. Since the threat from Iraq was not imminent, the administration could not properly justify the war, he said.However, when Bush laid out the case for the war in his 2003 State of the Union address, he said the United States should not wait for an imminent threat."Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent," Bush said. "Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein ... is not an option."

Michelle Anderson
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Well, I suppose everyone's entitled to change their mind. I know plenty of conservatives -- myself included -- who protested the war in Viet Nam.None of them, however, disavow their prior activities and convictions in that regard.I think his credibility may be wobbly here.Plus, have you ever noticed that he looks uncomfortable inside his own body?

Anonymous

I know what you mean Michelle, when he talks he always looks down at the ground.

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This doesn't surprise me... its a core problem with the anti IRaq war crowd - they were mostly supportive of Bosnia..There was a huge difference between Bosnia and Iraq though.. but that's too nuanced for general 30 second sound bite consumption though...Bosnia: in a country that was the core for the start of WW1 Genocide was under way - an act all countries around the world vowed to never allow happen again... In addition, almost all nations supported military action, but a couple on the security counsel would have vetoed approval - hence action without UN approval...Iraq: Saddam's evil was contained.. he controlled less than 1/3 of his country due to no fly zones... his military was obliterated... Almost no nations really supported military action... Hell, the Russians angered everyone by having the first boots on the ground at the airport - it was an international race to be the first there!I don't support Dean... I support John Edwards.Dean's giving you guys too much ammunition.Chris.

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quote: Saddam's evil was contained.. he controlled less than 1/3 of his country due to no fly zones...

I imagine that if members of my family were victims of his mass murder, it wouldn't much matter to me how much of his country he controlled. Just an observation...

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Almost no nations really supported military action...Because they're all cowards and a lot of them were helping to arm Iraq with the necessities for his WMD's.