Peace Through Strength?
Twisted reasoning on the McCain Amendment, as
published in the Clarion
Ledger...
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/OPINION/511040317/1009
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/OPINION/511040317/1009
November 4,
2005
Bush must veto McCain Amendment
There are concerns today because of the profits of the world's largest oil companies, because of the high medical deductible of the world's largest retailer, and because of the retractions of retirees' benefits from the world's largest auto marker.
Who is to say that if any of us were CEO of any of these companies things would be any different?
The opportunity before us, as always, is to make things better. The "more-more-more" syndrome does seem to impact many in business these days. However, to be fair, the generosity of many companies to our state and other needs has been abundant.
These matters of business can, by and large, be worked out in the marketplace. What has no margin for error is our ability to provide peace and safety for our citizens and country.
On Oct. 5, the U.S. Senate passed by a 90-9 margin the McCain Amendment to a spending bill that, according to an Oct. 29 editorial in the Wall Street Journal, would "hamstring the military and CIA."
Among the nine "no" votes on the ill-thought-out amendment was our Sen. Thad Cochran and Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Pat Roberts, R-Kan. Roberts says that "interrogating terrorists is some of the valuable information we get. It saves lives . . . passing a law that effectively telegraphs to the entire terrorist world what they can expect if they are caught is not only counter-productive but could be downright dangerous."
This overreaction to the Abu Ghraib prison flap will place us in a disadvantage and will signal an unwillingness to act aggressively in our own self-defense. The U.S. House has yet to take this matter up.
We can only hope our president lives up to his often-stated priority to protect us and will veto this bill should it reach his desk.
Ronald Reagan has only been out of office 17 years, and hopefully his doctrine has not been forgotten: "Peace through strength."
John W. "Bill" Bowlin
Hickory Flat
Bush must veto McCain Amendment
There are concerns today because of the profits of the world's largest oil companies, because of the high medical deductible of the world's largest retailer, and because of the retractions of retirees' benefits from the world's largest auto marker.
Who is to say that if any of us were CEO of any of these companies things would be any different?
The opportunity before us, as always, is to make things better. The "more-more-more" syndrome does seem to impact many in business these days. However, to be fair, the generosity of many companies to our state and other needs has been abundant.
These matters of business can, by and large, be worked out in the marketplace. What has no margin for error is our ability to provide peace and safety for our citizens and country.
On Oct. 5, the U.S. Senate passed by a 90-9 margin the McCain Amendment to a spending bill that, according to an Oct. 29 editorial in the Wall Street Journal, would "hamstring the military and CIA."
Among the nine "no" votes on the ill-thought-out amendment was our Sen. Thad Cochran and Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Pat Roberts, R-Kan. Roberts says that "interrogating terrorists is some of the valuable information we get. It saves lives . . . passing a law that effectively telegraphs to the entire terrorist world what they can expect if they are caught is not only counter-productive but could be downright dangerous."
This overreaction to the Abu Ghraib prison flap will place us in a disadvantage and will signal an unwillingness to act aggressively in our own self-defense. The U.S. House has yet to take this matter up.
We can only hope our president lives up to his often-stated priority to protect us and will veto this bill should it reach his desk.
Ronald Reagan has only been out of office 17 years, and hopefully his doctrine has not been forgotten: "Peace through strength."
John W. "Bill" Bowlin
Hickory Flat
Posted: Mon - November 14, 2005 at 09:31 PM
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