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0 Comments | Insight on the News, Oct 18, 1999

Hillary Is No Innocent in Her Husband's Affairs

In response to the Washington's Week article, "Hillary Proves Talk Is Cheap" [Aug. 30], one must ask how anyone can believe this woman. Hillary Rodham Clinton lies through her teeth just like her husband. She's as conniving, secretive and manipulative as he is.

She's supposed to be an intelligent, educated woman who is playing the role of the betrayed. Give me a break!

Hillary was quite aware of the nature of her womanizing husband who can't seem to keep his zipper closed. This is not the first time. Are we to believe she was an innocent person up to now? I think not. She has tolerated and accepted this situation for years. To come out now as the injured party is ludicrous. She's playing for higher stakes for herself.

Hillary wants power -- nothing else. If people in New York believe and support her, they deserve what they get and they're just as dumb as she thinks they are.

Jacqueline Young San Francisco

China Taking Advantage of U.S. Folly in the Panama Canal

I cannot thank you enough for your warning to America in your report "China's Beachhead at Panama Canal" [Aug. 16]. This is the first significant article on this subject.

Insight is to be congratulated, in this day of political correctness, for having the stoutness of heart and patriotism to tell the truth about the disgraceful situation regarding the folly in Panama.

This article has caused Insight to be added to the growing list of historically significant efforts seeking to keep us out of a bloody war, along with at least three other vital reports: Big Trouble in Panama, the Senate testimony of retired Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Death Knell of the Panama Canal? by retired U.S. Coast Guard Capt. G. Russell Evans; and Peril in Panama by Richard Delgaudio.

If the Panama Canal Treaty is aborted, as it certainly should be, credit and honor should go to the authors of these works. And now J. Michael Waller is added to the list of honor along with Insight. I shall be looking for a world-awakening follow-up by Waller showing the Red Chinese missile threat.

From Panama, Red China has more than 100 missiles capable of wreaking death and destruction on U.S. cities.

Maj. John C. Briggs, U.S.A. (Ret.) Quemado, N.M.

I see that Clinton, who gave our missile-guidance system secrets to the Chinese, now has given the Panama Canal to a Chinese company with close ties to the Communist government. Now the U.S. Navy will have to ask China for permission to cross the canal. If that is not treason, what is? Why should he not be tried, found guilty and spend the rest of his life in Leavenworth federal prison?

All this ties in to similar associations of administration officials in Washington during the Chinese campaign-funding scandal.

Lt. Col. Warren D. Boyd (Ret.) Ceres, Calif.

The Best Things in Life Are No Longer Free

In reference to Washington in Brief [Sept. 13] by John Elvin, is it not amazing that if people drive into the four California forests and park the car to look at the sunset, they have to pay $5 a day or $30 per year?

It also is amazing that Congress (a Republican Congress, at that) has passed this legislation twice so far and not once has it had a public hearing!

All of this skimming should be stopped and the recreation budgets for the U.S. Forest Service should be increased adequately to support their needs.

Gene Vergeet Bodfish, Calif.

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