Pubdate: Mon, 24 Sep 2001
Source: The Post and Courier (SC)
Copyright: 2001 Evening Post Publishing Co.
Contact:   http://www.charleston.net/index.html
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/567
Author: Sam Trippi

AMERICA BETRAYED

The recent attack on America is nothing short of treason.

The plans for hijacking American aircraft and using the aircraft against 
our nation had to be in the works for years.

I know that I will probably tick a lot of folks off, but the facts are, we 
have been betrayed. Bill Clinton and all the Americans who supported his 
and the Democrats' agenda, assisted the terrorists in their deadly attack. 
Eight years of cutting the military and cutting budgets for the 
intelligence community and selling out to foreign nations for campaign 
contributions have left us vulnerable. However, the good news is we have 
reduced the number of smokers and legitimate gun owners.

SUVs have been pointed out as wasteful, and cell phones are a danger to 
safety-conscious Americans. The number of people wearing seat belts is up. 
We have clean needles for junkies and a kinder, gentler military.

We are very sensitive to the feelings of new recruits.

Political correctness has tied law enforcement hands.

Lawyers for the ACLU and the Anti-Defamation League have kept the civil 
liberties of an Arab man with a Saudi passport, paying for a one-way ticket 
with cash, protected from scrutiny.

Allowing him to kill hundreds, just so a ticket agent didn't hurt his 
feelings or the airline become the target of greedy lawyers through a 
lawsuit. The one thing the U.S. Constitution requires of the president, the 
Clinton administration failed to do: protect the American people.

But endangered fish are safe. And so are those who have given aid to a 
known terrorist. It's time for America to wake up. We are hated because of 
our support of Israel and our values.

And those who want to destroy us, use those who have no values.

Sam Trippi
Summerville
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