The Presidential Crisis

by J. Orlin Grabbe

	The U.S. Presidential election looms in November,  
U.S. troops are poised to strike at Iran, and we have a coke-
head President struggling to hold on to the loyalty of the 
Democratic party.  It is not a pretty picture when it comes to 
national security.

	As previously reported, the troops being amassed in 
Saudia Arabia include the elite units of the 101 Airborne.  
These units constitute our finest military force--one step above 
the Delta force.  If what appears to be the current plan goes 
forward, they will be used to strike at Iranian terrorist camps 
in reaction to the Syrian-inspired bombing of U.S. soldiers in 
Saudia Arabia, the Syrian-inspired western states blackout in 
early July, and the Syrian-inspired downing of  TWA 800.  It 
would not surprise me to see our government bomb Iran for 
something Syria did.  But such an action directed at Iran will 
not prevent further Syrian terrorist actions in the U.S.

	If we are to believe our government, every American 
who possesses an ax is a potential terrorist.  The government 
says a tree fell on a power line and caused the western states 
blackout in early July.  I wonder what explanation will be 
contrived to explain the western states blackout this past 
weekend, on August 10.  Why does the government not admit 
that a western power station was blown up?  And what about 
those two water stations destroyed in the eastern half of the 
United States?  The FBI was notified in advance by the group 
responsible for the July western states blackout and for the 
downing of TWA Flight 800.  Why hasn't the FBI made this 
information public?

	The FBI scenario for the crash of TWA Flight 800 
gets more ever more convoluted with time.  Each new 
"revelation" has to remain consistent with the previous day's 
lie.  It is a sad commentary on public and media perception 
when Gary Aldrich is held to be a consummate liar, while 
Louis Freeh is held to be a virtuous truth-teller.  (Invert those 
perceptions, and you will have something closer to  actual 
fact.)  But Liar Louis's days are numbered.  Someone hacked 
his payroll account and terminated his employment--at least as 
far as the payroll computer in Oklahoma is concerned.  Louis 
won't say very much about it, however.  After all, as the 
computer says:  The FBI is not a chartered organization.  If 
Louis takes the case to court, he will lose his pension.

	Robert Strauss is upset that news of his leading a 
Democratic delegation to ask Bill Clinton to resign or to 
withdraw his name as Presidential nominee has leaked out.  
After all, 1) the Democratics wanted to keep the information 
secret until after the Republican convention; 2) Strauss didn't 
want it publicized he had lost his temper; and 3) when Clinton 
withdraws one way or another, the angry Clinton-lovers will 
hold Strauss responsible.  But none of this has anything to do 
with the fact of the meeting, and with the fact that Strauss was 
acting in the best interests of his country when he lead the 
delegation in the first place.  Strauss is a hero.  He and the 
other Democrats at that meeting are committed to the removal 
of the President.  In addition to their concern about a coke-
head President in charge of military strategy and the nuclear 
button, they also know that if Clinton were to stay on and 
continue as President for another term, some of them would 
become targets of White House recrimination and  candidates 
for Arkacide.

	Meanwhile the Republicans have cheered Dole's 
choice of Jack Kemp for running mate.  Does this mean that, 
with the coming departure of Dole, the Republicans are 
planning to run Kemp for President, and to select someone 
else for Vice-President?
	
August 12, 1996
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