posted 06-11-2003 10:15 PM            

Amid Nato military supremo Wesley Clark's onslaught on the civilians of Serbia the question arose: did Clark hone his civilian-killing skills at Waco, where the FBI oversaw the largest single spasm of slaughter of civilians by law enforcement in US history, when nearly a hundred Branch Davidians died amid an assault by tanks, flame-throwers and snipers.

The tanks were from Fort Hood, where Wesley Clark was, in early 1993, commander of the Cavalry Division of the US Army's III Corps. In our last issue we cited a congressional report commissioned in the aftermath of Waco which described how Texas governor Anne Richards had consulted with Clark's number two at Fort Hood. Then, on April 14, there was a summit at the Justice Department in Washington, where Attorney General Janet Reno, top Justice Department and FBI officials and two unnamed senior Army officers reviewed the final assault plan scheduled for April 19.

The two Army officers at the Justice Department that day were Colonel Gerald Boykin, and his superior, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the head of Special Forces at Fort Bragg. Though Clark (who had served with Schoomaker) was not directly involved in the onslaught on the Branch Davidians, the role of the US Army in that affair throws into harsh relief the way prohibitions against the use of the US military for civilian law enforcement can be swiftly by-passed.

Boykin and Schoomacher were present because the Army's Fort Bragg-based Combat Applications Group-popularly known as the Delta Force-had been enlisted as part of the assault team on the Branch Davidian Compound. It appears that President Clinton had signed a waiver of the Posse Comitatus Act, with the precedent being Ronald Reagan's revocation of the Act in 1987, allowing the Delta Force to be involved in suppressing the Atlanta prison riot...

Essentially, an officer with experience in MILITARY ASSAULTS ON AMERICAN CIVILIANS is now the Army Chief of Staff.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAEX5Q3SGD.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a highly unusual move, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has selected a retired four-star general to become the next Army chief of staff, senior defense officials said Tuesday.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the selectee is Peter J. Schoomaker, who retired from the Army after commanding the U.S. Special Operations Command from 1997-2000.

The choice, which has not been publicly announced and is subject to confirmation by the Senate, may raise eyebrows inside the military because it is rare for a defense secretary to bypass senior active-duty generals in favor of a retired officer to be the Army's top general.

It was not immediately clear whether Rumsfeld had submitted the Schoomaker selection to the White House for President Bush's approval.

posted 06-11-2003 11:49 PM            

It's administrations like his that could be voted into office in the future that you need to worry about. That's why you need to vote for Bush, who is cleaning up the mess that Clinton caused.

Odds are that Bush will win in 2004, and America will be safe from these kinds of abuses of power for 4 more years, but then you've got to worry about people like Hillary, who could get voted in and create new WACOs everywhere in 08. And keep in mind that 2008 will be a critical election year because we are probably going to need a president who can handle the red Chinese by then. Odds are, we are going to face a showdown with the country Clinton armed with nuclear tipped ICBMs sooner or later, and this is no time for social experiments with the presidency, like the 90s were. When China feels strong enough, they will likely invade Taiwan….but they won’t dare do that now, because Bush has demonstrated that America does have teeth and does respond to threats with deadly efficiency. The Chinese know if they invaded Taiwan with Bush as president, that would likely mean the end of China…They don’t dare do it now. But what about with another president like a do-nothing Clinton, who they know only abuses the American military? You bet…

During the Clinton era we were fat, dumb and happy reaping the benefits of the Reagan economy, but look what happens when we elect presidents like that. Waco, Ruby Ridge, Ellian Gonzales, stained dresses, 100s of women sexually assaulted, lying before Congress, arming enemies (Russia, China, N. Korea), sharing national secrets with enemies for profit, 100s of political assassinations like Ron Brown and Vince Foster, death taxes, largest tax increase in history, the demonization of major corporations, cover-ups of terrorist attacks like the OKC bombing and the downing of TWA 800, killing 1000s of innocent Serbs in a 78 day bombing spree to distract from impeachment proceedings....on and on...

And Clinton wants to revise the constitution so he can run again and not have to run against GW Bush....