Subject: The Bush bastards' next war Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:09:25 -0400 To: lpny_discussion From: Bob Armstrong One question I felt not well answered by any candidate in the LP debate was - where do we have to worry about the next war . Here may be the answer only an election away : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/88426= /1/.html >=A0SINGAPORE : US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said here that= he hoped US military forces would soon be hunting terrorists in= Southeast Asia, but=A0stopped short of giving details. > >=A0In a dialogue with sailors and marines aboard the naval vessel= USS Essex at a Singapore base ahead of a major regional security= meeting, he was=A0asked "when are we going to start hunting some= terrorists in this theatre?" > >=A0"Well, I would hope pretty soon," Rumsfeld replied. > >=A0"I know that the only way we're going to deal with this problem= is to recognize it is truly global, that we have to bring all= the elements of=A0national power to bear on it," he said. .... >=A0On his flight Thursday to Singapore, Rumsfeld had waved off= questions about a new regional maritime security initiative that= has sparked=A0controversy in Malaysia and Indonesia because it= could reportedly involve stepped-up US patrols of the Strait of= Malacca. > >=A0Admiral Thomas Fargo, head of the US Pacific Command, is= reported to have told a congressional committee that he was= considering putting marines on=A0high-speed vessels in the strait= to catch terrorists. > >=A0But Rumsfeld said Fargo's remarks were "misreported". .... --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Badnarik , Libertarian for President=A0=A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0For Senator from NY : http://www.silbergerforsenator.org/ =A0=A0WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES INCARCERATE A LARGER PERCENTAGE, AND A LARGER NUMBER, OF ITS CITIZENS THAN ANY OTHER NATION ON= EARTH?=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/06/04 2:02:50 PM