Correspondence
Correspondence MAKING EUROPE IN HIS ANALYSIS of Europe's bureaucratic march toward legally formalizing the United States of Europe ("Against United Europe," Sept. 22), Gerard Baker provides a...
...economic and political interests...
...He would only require four to six hours of sleep per night...
...One needs only to look at who is driving the constitution, Germany and France, to understand it for what it is...
...On paper, this is the type of "warrior-intellectual" who you would think would be an example for all officers...
...John Ashcroft should indeed engage his and the Patriot Act's critics in a spirited debate in which he points out that much of the criticism comes from the same people who criticized the Bush administration for failing to "connect the dots" prior to 9/11...
...This implies that the Bureau of Indian Affairs supported a prohibition on gaming by the tribe...
...Chances are a few countries will reject the constitution in their referen-dums...
...The ultimate and desired result of the constitution is to remove the messy "democracy" from the social democratic model of continental Europe...
...indeed, even today, nearly half of all laws passed by national parliaments in Europe are in response to directives from the Commission, subject to little or no debate...
...DeVoss writes, "Boxer circumvented the Bureau of Indian Affairs after receiving assurances from the Miwoks that they would not open a casino...
...Given that tax rates and debts are already high and that European defense spending is already puny compared with that of the United states, my prediction is that Europe will continue to be impotent in international affairs...
...After demonstrating probable cause to a federal judge, the FBI has long had the authority to delay notification of searches in cases where immediate notification might endanger witnesses, cause the suspect to flee, or evidence to be destroyed...
...Powell as a general was really the quintessential bureaucrat...
...The Constitution guarantees our civil liberties and the Patriot Act does not subvert it or jeopardize our rights...
...rule-making...
...22): Funny, Barbie doesn't look Jewish...
...The anti-intellectual element in military life has led to many less-than-qual-ified servicemen being assigned to command positions way beyond their natural and learned abilities...
...RON FINCH Seattle, WA GERARD BAKER'S article about the dangers a united Europe would pose to the United states overstated the chances for such a Europe and the influence it would have...
...Compare Clark with Colin Powell...
...22), Gerard Baker provides a lengthy list of anticipatory warnings and robust reasons for stopping the birth and growth of this powerful economic and political Frankenstein...
...Europe perhaps can make life a bit more difficult for the United states, but it will never be a superpower...
...STEVEN GRUBER Syoset, NY...
...Like Clark, he served in Vietnam, but he is far more famous for his inside-the-beltway bayonet fights with Congress and other political players...
...DANIEL JOHN SOBIESKI Chicago, IL BARBIE GIRL REGARDING "Saudi Arabia's Barbie Ban" (Not a Parody, Sept...
...ANDY OPPENHEIM Wurzburg, Germany THE PATRIOT AS THOMAS POWERS notes ("Defending the Defensible," Sept...
...Clark, for all his faults, was probably possessed of the most gifted intellect of any general in recent years...
...22) raises an interesting point—the Army wants and needs to have its intellectuals both ways...
...The truth is exactly the opposite...
...And the process of ever closer union will be halted for many years...
...According to some of my former bosses, Clark would read and complete some type of leadership or history book per week...
...Simultaneously, though, officers who take pride in their brainpower need to realize that leading soldiers and fighting wars is where servicemen and women make history, not in a think tank or classroom at West Point...
...Several of the 9/11 hijackers used public library computers to communicate with each other and other terrorist allies over the Internet and to conduct research that eventually led to the mass murder of 3,000 innocent Americans...
...Witness the problems Wesley Clark faced during his ascent within the military ranks...
...But Powell is usually revered in military circles, while Clark is privately derided...
...But even more important is the long-term development of the European population...
...However, the Bureau of Indian Affairs made it clear that if the no-gaming clause were included, the bureau would recommend a presidential veto because of legal questions and the infringement on tribal sovereignty...
...She supported that ban throughout the legislative process...
...HARMEN BREEDEVELD Leiden, Netherlands EXPRESSING RESERVATION IN "CALIFORNIA GAMBLING" (Sept...
...Could it be nothing more than the simple fact that Wesley Clark was arrogant, while Powell was an inspirational leader...
...Then what...
...15), David DeVoss mentions Senator Barbara Boxer's efforts to restore federal recognition to the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria (also known as the Coastal Miwoks...
...E. HUGO BARGIONI Miami, FL WITH REGARD TO Gerard Baker's "Against United Europe," the entire idea of federalism in Europe is a red herring...
...The European constitution has to be adopted unanimously or the idea of a common constitution will founder...
...Baker's comments constitute the first step...
...MATTHEW BAUMGART Legislative Director U.S...
...One more supporting comment must be considered: Additional ideological fuel in favor of its formation will be provided by a combination of politicians, media personalities, universities, and think tanks, all within the United states, who nostalgically but tragically yearn for continuing with the fantasy that Old Europe, particularly France and Germany, are reliable partners rather than accepting the reality that the ideological canyon between the United states and Old Europe has been inexorably growing for the last half century...
...I don't think any reasonable person believes that a public library should be a sanctuary for terrorists...
...The Brussels bureaucracy simply can't be bothered to consult with the people subject to its laws...
...The so-called "sneak and peek" provision of the Patriot Act, for example, simply extends to terrorism investigations what had been longstanding practice in criminal investigations prior to 9/11...
...it is shrinking and aging, causing massive funding problems for all social programs...
...The goal of the European constitutional convention was to create a document and framework that formalizes and codifies the unchecked authority of the European Commission, the unelected and unaccountable body that is responsible for E.U...
...so there will be another lame compromise and another lame constitution...
...Senator Barbara Boxer Washington, DC ANTI-ANTI-INTELLECTUAL THE ANTI-INTELLECTUAL TREND in military thinking that Frederick W. Kagan describes in his "Now You See It, Now You Don't" (Sept...
...Thus, while I completely agree that "it is not too late for the United states to help stop the European superstate from becoming a reality," an effort from within the United states, particularly from Washington, must be mounted to counterbalance the influence and support of their American comrades as well as to persuade the American people that the reality of a united Europe could indeed become a permanent and paralyzing force against U.S...
...The Army wants "quiet intellectuals," or intellectuals who humble themselves around those with intellects that are not as sharp as theirs, not outspoken military theorists...
...These two countries fundamentally control what happens in Brussels and thus in the E.U., and simply want their unfettered power formalized and ratified...
...22), the Bush administration cannot defend its defensible record on civil liberties just by preaching to the law enforcement choir that by successfully defending America we are defending its freedoms as well...
...Senator Boxer's original bill to restore recognition to the Coastal Miwoks would have prohibited gaming on the tribe's land...
...Not only can you not connect the dots unless you collect them first, but this country's central attempt to collect such dots, the Patriot Act, has been grossly mischaracterized and its chief proponent grievously slandered by those who put ideology before truth...
Vol. 9 • October 2003 • No. 4
