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Sen. Clinton a Threat = to U.S.=20 Security=20
Charles R.=20 Smith
Thursday, Jan.=20 23, 2003

The possibility of war in Iraq has brought the loonies and the losers = out in=20 force. The protesters and the pundits see little or no threat to U.S. = national=20 security from Iraq.

While the critics and armchair generals labor on whether to fight or = not to=20 fight, Saddam Hussein continues his unbridled efforts to obtain nuclear = weapons.=20 It is here that the real reason for quick action emerges.

In 1981, Israeli intelligence confirmed that Saddam was constructing = a=20 nuclear reactor at Osiraq for his atomic weapons program. Israeli Prime = Minister=20 Menachem Begin determined that the only solution was quick military = action.

At 5:35 p.m. local time on June 7, 1981, the first F-15 and F-16 = fighter jets=20 appeared over the Iraqi reactor. In 1 minute and 20 seconds, the Israeli = Air=20 Force destroyed the Osiraq reactor, ending Saddam's nuclear weapons = program for=20 the next 20 years.

Despite the claims by ill-informed critics that North Korea poses a = greater=20 threat, the fact remains that North Korea does not have Israel as a = target. The=20 armistice along the Korean DMZ has remained static for nearly 50 years = and=20 nuclear weapons will not change the status quo.=20

Israel at War With Iraq

The same cannot be said of Israel and her neighbors. Iraq attacked = Israel=20 during the 1991 Gulf War with SCUD missiles in a vain attempt to split = the=20 U.S.-led coalition. It is very clear that Saddam would launch a nuclear = strike=20 against Israel if he had such weapons.

The fact remains that Israel cannot afford to take even a single hit = from an=20 atomic bomb. Israel will strike Iraq hard if its intelligence services = determine=20 that Saddam Hussein is close to fielding a nuclear weapon. Such a = pre-emptive=20 strike would split the U.S. alliance, force a cut-off of all oil exports = to the=20 West and bring a general war to the Middle East.

An Israeli pre-emptive strike would leave Europe, Japan and America = with a=20 major depression driven by the oil shut-off. A war with Israel would = force many=20 Arab states that hate Saddam to come to his aid. Saudi Arabia, Iran, = Egypt,=20 Syria, Jordan and various others would have no choice but to join into = general=20 combat with Israel.

Now envision a scenario where the U.S. strikes Iraq, overthrows = Saddam and=20 ends his nuclear weapons program. The U.S. coalition would remain = intact, the=20 oil will continue to flow to the Western economies, and Israel remains = safe. In=20 fact, President Bush will likely receive some quiet "thank you" notes = from Saudi=20 Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Syria and Jordan.

Kennedy Sinks

Democrats, sniffing for any issue that might benefit them, are out in = force=20 trying to critique the Bush foreign policy. True to form, Sen. Edward = Kennedy,=20 D-Mass., accused President Bush of pursuing a war in Iraq while ignoring = a more=20 imminent threat from North Korea. Kennedy stated that he believes this = is the=20 "wrong war at the wrong time."

The comments floated by Sen. Kennedy certainly do not rise to the = surface but=20 sink under their own weight. The senator's remarks actually drown out = the recent=20 history of Middle Eastern conflicts as if a speeding car veered off the = bridge=20 of foreign policy and plunged into the troubled waters of the region.

However, Kennedy's comments do echo the continuing howl of anti-U.S.=20 propaganda coming from the leadership of the Democrat Party. Ironically, = the=20 loudest and most prominent howler is also a bigger threat to U.S. = national=20 security than North Korea and Iraq combined.

The Hillary Clinton Threat

It is here that I turn my attention to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, = D-N.Y.=20 Her Democrat colleagues recently put Clinton on the Senate Armed = Services=20 Committee. It is in this new position that the ex-first lady poses a = clear and=20 present danger to U.S. national security.

"You are more likely to be listened to if you are well prepared and = grounded=20 in the subject of which you're speaking. As I learn more about the = operations of=20 our various military services, what I have to say may be better = grounded,"=20 stated Clinton.

Despite her recent comments of being ignored on national security = issues,=20 Mrs. Clinton has already joined in on the chorus of bad mouthing the = security=20 policy of President Bush. In November 2001, Mrs. Clinton blamed the = terror=20 attacks against America on the Bush tax cut program.

"If we hadn't passed the big tax cut last spring, that I believe = undermined=20 our fiscal responsibility and our ability to deal with this new threat = of=20 terrorism, we wouldn't be in the fix we're in today. But the fact is, we = are,"=20 stated Mrs. Clinton during a CNN interview.

Many of her supporters credit Mrs. Clinton with a steel-trap mind and = a sharp=20 memory for detail. However, Mrs. Clinton stated 250 times that she could = neither=20 remember nor recall events when asked about various scandals while under = oath.

These days, the New York senator cannot seem to recall old friends = such as=20 Moctar Riady, James Riady, John Huang, Webster Hubbell, Charlie Trie and = Johnny=20 Chung. However, during the Clinton years, Hillary had a very close = working=20 relationship with each of the above individuals despite the various = criminal=20 convictions.

Webster Hubbell

Mrs. Clinton has ignored Webster Hubbell, who served time for = defrauding=20 clients while he worked at the Rose Law Firm with Hillary. Hubbell, who = became=20 deputy attorney general under Janet Reno, with a bit of White House = help, had to=20 resign after being charged in the Whitewater scandal.=20

In fact, many of the documents that led to Hubbell's conviction = involved=20 projects that Hillary also worked on. Hubbell went on to take nearly a = million=20 dollars in consulting fees from Moctar Riady, head of the = Indonesia-based Lippo=20 Bank, just prior to his conviction.

John Huang

John Huang, a former banker for the Riady-owned Lippo Group, took a=20 classified position at the Commerce Department immediately after Hubbell = received over $600,000 from Riady. This interesting coincidence took = place=20 directly after James Riady and Hubbell met with Bill and Hillary in the = White=20 House.

Documents obtained from Huang's Commerce Department office shows that = the=20 former banker was deeply involved in arms exports such as Patriot = missiles sales=20 to South Korea, missile frigate sales to the United Arab Emirates and = artillery=20 sales to Kuwait.

John Huang later cited his Fifth Amendment rights not to incriminate = himself=20 over 2,000 times when he was asked if he was an agent for the Chinese = military.

Photo Ops for Money

Merely stating that Mrs. Clinton is a security risk is simply not = enough. It=20 is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. However, Mrs. = Clinton=20 knows that a picture is actually worth $50,000.

For example, in February 1995 Johnny Chung asked DNC Chairman Don = Fowler to=20 help him get a photo op of Bill Clinton with a few friends from China. = Fowler=20 declined to help Chung because the list of friends included Zheng = Hongye, a top=20 executive of the Chinese navy-owned shipping company COSCO.

In response, Chung handed a $50,000 check to Maggie Williams, Hillary = Clinton's chief of staff. On March 11, 1995, Chung and Zheng attended = Clinton's=20 weekly radio address, which was later followed by a photo session.

In addition, Mrs. Clinton has a few of her own pictures to live down, = including one with convicted Chinagate figure Moctar Riady, and a photo = of her=20 with convicted cocaine smuggler Jorge Cabrera in front of the White = House=20 Christmas tree.

Ng Lapseng

Then there is the 1995 photo of Ng Lapseng and the Clintons taken in = front of=20 a DNC symbol. The photo of Ng Lapseng is very telling in that Mrs. = Clinton was=20 certainly aware that Ng owns the Macao-based Fortuna Hotel.=20

It is nice that children under 12 can stay free at the Fortuna. = However,=20 according to the Fortuna brochure, for a fee hostesses from various = countries=20 can also entertain businessmen.

Ng has another interesting connection to recent events of national = security=20 concern. According to the 123 national security violations filed against = Hughes=20 Satellite Corporation, a Fortuna company was involved in some = questionable=20 events.=20

The Sino-Canada Telecommunications and Investment Management Company = was=20 incorporated in Macao, "having its principal place of business at the = Hotel=20 Fortuna."

According to the State Department charges, the Sino-Canada = Telecommunications=20 Company also had contracted with Hughes for a large part of the APMT = satellite=20 then destined for China in 1995. In fact, Sino-Canada paid Hughes $5 = million up=20 front that was not reported to the State Department.

"Sino-Canada's managing director, Suen Yan Kwong, was the founder of = Chung=20 Kiu Telecommunication, which had invested in cellular telecommunications = for use=20 under special network by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) in = military=20 districts along the coastal provinces," noted the December 2002 State = Department=20 charge letter.

It is amazing that a company based inside a Macao hotel owned by Ng = Lapseng=20 would contract with a U.S.-based satellite company when its owner was = then also=20 in business supplying communications to the Chinese army. Even more = amazing is=20 Hillary Clinton's silence on Ng Lapseng and the money that somehow = slipped out=20 of his pockets into DNC coffers at the same time.

U.N. inspector Hans Blix may be combing Iraq for weapons of mass = destruction,=20 but he may be in the wrong country. If Hans could comb through the boxes = of=20 materials lost by Hillary Clinton, he might find a treasure trove of = weapons,=20 money, drugs and espionage.

The Democrats could not have made a worse choice for America. Mrs. = Clinton=20 history's of hanging out with Chinese intelligence operatives and her = negative=20 view of all U.S. military forces makes her an obvious security threat. = Now she=20 is inside the very committee that oversees black budgets, secret = military=20 operations, advanced weapons policy and war.=20

Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Clinton = Scandals
Sen.= Hillary=20 Clinton

Editor's note:
Find out more about Hillary Clinton: Hillary:=20 Up Close Audio Set, Special Report: Hillary Plans for the Presidency and = "Off=20 the Record with Dick Morris" Audio