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Radical Ramsey Clark shows he's still a 'jellyfish'
However, the real frosting on the cake isn't tasted until the realization hits you that a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of those confined at Guantanamo. Among those filing is a former attorney general of the United States, by name: William Ramsey Clark. Ramsey Clark is now 74, but he can't use his age as an excuse for his near criminal stupidity. It was in evidence even in 1967 when he was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson, not for his brilliance, political skills or good looks but, according to Johnson, a truly crafty politician, even Ramsey Clark had his uses. Ramsey's father, Tom Clark, was a justice of the Supreme Court; and Lyndon wanted the seat for Thurgood Marshall to become the first black American to be appointed to the High Bench. When Ramsey became AG, his Dad went into retirement to avoid "conflicts of interest." When Richard Nixon defeated Johnson, Ramsey was out — but he refused to be forgotten. With evident relish and delight, he embraced every international and domestic cause of the left that could be used to discredit America. In speaking of the riots that surrounded the 1968 National Democratic Convention in Chicago, Ramsey Clark attacked the police. This led to him being described as "the jellyfish" by then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who on general issues of law enforcement had characterized Clark as a "softie." But, of great relevance to Clark's present attack on the United States are his remarks after an unauthorized visit to Vietnam in July 1972. Despite being a Cabinet official in the very administration that ordered the buildup of our troops in Vietnam, Clark returned from the 1972 visit declaring that American prisoners of war were well treated in North Vietnam. Obviously, to the disgust of every American POW, he saw and still considers himself an expert on prison conditions. His statement resulted in the Veterans of Foreign Wars recommending that he should be prosecuted as a "traitorous meddler." It didn't happen in 1972, but now 30 years later we have a War on Terrorism with William Ramsey Clark at the forefront of many initiatives for "Qaidaprop" — a new word for propaganda on behalf of the terrorist enemy. The Geneva Convention always has been fascinating as a document. Two major lessons have been learned from veterans of a variety of countries with first-hand experience of warfare. These guys have come from wars in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. Their absolute first rule: Don't be captured and don't be on the losing side. The second rule: If the first rule is broken, surrender to the very first American you see! If Washington is not involved in the conflict, surrender to an American diplomat or even a journalist will do. Best is to run into the U.S. Army — a real genuine GI is best! Weapons dropped, hands behind your head, you will then get the best possible treatment! But if you surrender to the "other side," expect beatings, lack of food, torture and general unpleasantness. This past week, for the usual obvious reasons, the ACLU and Amnesty heated up their campaigns on behalf of the terrorist prisoners at Guantanamo. Let's begin with the Geneva Convention's provision that allows for the return of prisoners to their own country at the end of a war. Well, here is problem No. 1 — what country will take the mixed bag of a dozen nationalities that are now held in Guantanamo⢠These thugs, representing no country, willingly and knowingly gave their loyalty to men who triggered a war without warning, with no political aim, and resulted in several thousand people being killed. If the prisoners go back to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or any of several neighboring countries, they certainly will be executed and in a horrible manner. They are not traditional prisoners of war. Until history is made and we give them a category, they are former armed combatants who fought for men who sought to destroy America. It could be hard to disprove legal arguments that each and every one was an "accessory before or after a crime." Yet newspapers and talking heads who hate or envy us from all over the world are sneering at the United States for our treatment of the prisoners taken in Afghanistan. And, equally if not even more preposterous, Americans from the ACLU and AI, joined by the Marxist and Neo-Marxist National Lawyers Guild, are ganging up on the Bush administration. Misinterpreting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in their Gaderine-like rush to pull down the Bush administration, these fools realize all too well the damage that they are doing. However, they forget that Sept. 11 was less than five months ago. Our memories are fresh of how wrong these boobies have been each and every time they have opened their mouths! First, they condemned the president's response to 9/11, saying it was politically inept and abysmal military strategy. Wrong! Then they dithered over the reaction of Afghan extremists, particularly their response to not stopping the bombing during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Wrong again! The pompous fools thought that they would be safer by predicting the reaction of Muslims throughout the world — once again they were wrong! Next, the stupidly hostile and increasingly desperate turned to how winter weather would slow down military actions. Once again wrong. Now, zealots that they are, they have found a new cause "BKTTP" — Be Kind to Taliban Prisoners! But let's be positive and offer a solution. In the same way that many zoos operate and put unwanted wild animals up for adoption, we could do the same for the Taliban. The ACLU, Amnesty, the Guild and the further shores of the Democratic National Committee could, one per married family (same-sex marriages accepted) adopt and take responsibility for a Guantanamo prisoner. Share your shower and your love for one another with an Afghan-Arab fighter for freedom!
As denial cancels out denial, the truth that nobody wants to recognize comes bubbling up from the Saudi Arabian stew pot. And, frankly, when leading members of our Congress join in the mix, the smell grows even less appetizing! It started with unnamed Saudi allies in Riyadh saying that the 5,000 U.S. military stationed in the country had overstayed their welcome, and that it was high time that they left Saudi Arabia. Quickly some members of Congress, who confused the cooling of the Afghan campaign with a total victory against terrorism in the region, echoed this. In our Congress there is also a misplaced sense of confidence that the rapprochement with Iran is here to stay and that Iraq is less of a threat to American interests than it was six months ago. At the Saudi Arabian end, King Fahd is slowly dying. His successor, Crown Prince Abdullah, never has liked America and forgets that he now must contend with the entry of 100,000 young Saudi men each year into a job market that has room for only half. Another very dubious American ally, The Washington Post, quickly picked up stories from both sides. The Post, partisan enemy of all things connected with George Bush's foreign policy, sought a comment from the secretary of state. His reply was diplomatic and not what many of us wanted to hear. Colin Powell said, "We are constantly reviewing our footprint in that part of the world to see if we have the right distribution of our presence. We want to be good guests in all of the countries that host our military." No one wanted to say that Osama bin Laden's greatest triumph would be U.S. withdrawal from Saudi Arabia and that the thousands of unemployed and underemployed were prime candidates to join the fundamentalist Islamist cause. This brand of political Islam calls first for the overthrow of all secular Muslim rulers whether they are kings, military dictators or elected prime ministers. So the House of Saud would be their first target, and without the support of the U.S. military, it would be speedily defeated. But, there is another politically incorrect way to look at this issue. The United States has protected Saudi Arabia for generations — from the Russians, from the Iranians and most recently from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Like it or not, King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, it is Americans who are the genuine guardians of the two Holy Places of Islam! American technology and equipment from Texas is the only way in which you can extract the oil from the desert. And you get your money from the markets that America has created and, Your Royal Highnesses, we protect the sea lanes that get your product to market. The next time Saddam makes threatening noises, do you really believe that the Pakistani mercenaries who comprise your border guards will risk their lives to stop him from invading your palaces⢠It's not necessary to spell out what we would like George Bush to say about Saudi oil. Former President Ronald Reagan set the pattern when he said of the Panama Canal, "We built it; it's ours; and we're going to keep it." When President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China wanted his very own, personal airplane, he didn't go shopping in Russia, Britain or France. No, he came directly to Seattle in the United States and, World Bank loans being available, ordered a Boeing 767 to be his official jet. But, Beijing's officials are full of fears and suspicions. A team of some 20 aeronautical engineers from Beijing and security specialists from the Winter Garden (as their intelligence headquarters is known) was sent to Seattle and later to Texas to observe every step in the manufacture of Jiang's plane. Then the bare plane and the observers went to Hawaii where the furnishings were installed. The plane was built and delivered to China. Flight tests began; but something was very wrong. Once airborne, a fuzzy, ill-defined noise was heard; but nothing was wrong with the mechanics or the airframe. Thus the experts began a search and reportedly found 20 miniaturized microphones in seat headrests, lavatories and even in the headboard of the presidential bed. Having studied all the available literature, the Chinese now believe that the devices were activated by messages from a satellite in space. Jiang is said to be furious that someone tampered with his new toy, and the Chinese team that had been guarding the plane is now under investigation. Five have been arrested. Naturally, Jiang blames the CIA, which is not a good omen for his scheduled summit meeting next month with George Bush. No one is making any claims, but most people believe that the CIA is so experienced in placing listening devices that its little mikes would not misbehave. And "fuzzy, ill-defined noise" suggests the babble is the noise that we associate with the French or Italian languages. Probably we will never know! The fault is with two Chinese characteristics: One of "looking for the boss" (zhao lingdao; the other, avoiding responsibility! In a command society like China, subordinates have no rights and make no decisions. So every time action is needed, the boss has to be found. The more difficult the decision, the more difficult it is to find a boss — any boss — who will take responsibility. To discover something wrong with President Jiang's very own plane must have paralyzed with fear those who made the discovery. We should feel sorry for the Chinese. They survived the life and times of that old monster Mao Tsetung and his Great Cultural Revolution, where family turned against family, students against their teachers and followers against leaders. Eventually, they experienced the turmoil and killings of Tiananmen Square. Today, while some enjoy the economic boom, many others fear charges of corruption with hundreds of thousands being fired from state-run jobs that provided work for their parents to bolster the new boom. It's no wonder that "zhao lingdao" is so terrifying! "Dateline D.C." is written by a Washington, D.C.-based British journalist and political observer.Copyright ©2025— Trib Total Media, LLC (TribLIVE.com)