--- begin forwarded text From: <Somebody> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 14:20:08 -0500 (EST) To: rah@shipwright.com, <A bunch of other people...> Subject: Fwd: RNC/Lister's Calls Marines "Dangerous", "Extremists" I'm sure you all saw this in the newspapers and on TV. The media were on it like... like..., well, like media in pursuit of Democrats. I don't know why I thought of <one of above bunch> Re: Br'er Tim.... I was sure Bob's mother taught him better than to get into a pissing match with the business end of a sewer. <Somebody's .sig> --------------------- Forwarded message: From: shenry2@ix.netcom.com (Sean Henry) Sender: PRESSLIST@rnc.org (RNC Press List) Reply-to: shenry2@ix.netcom.com (Sean Henry) To: PRESSLIST@BRONZE.RNC.ORG (Multiple recipients of list PRESSLIST) Date: 97-11-13 16:29:57 EST RNC News Release November 13, 1997 Nicholson Calls On Assistant Army Secretary To Step Down Lister Calls Marines "Dangerous," "Extremists" Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson today called on Assistant Secretary of the Army Sara E. Lister to resign her position, following a speech in which she referred to U.S. Marines as "extremists," and "a little dangerous." "It's astonishing that Secretary Lister has chosen to denigrate the Marine Corps, and it is absolutely unacceptable to have a person with this kind of mindset in a position of power at the Pentagon," Nicholson said. "For the good of the morale of America's Armed Forces, she should publicly apologize and resign immediately." Lister, one of President Clinton's Pentagon appointees, told a panel of academics and military personnel at Harvard University's Olin Institute in Baltimore on October 26, that "The Marines are extremists. Wherever you have extremists, you've got some risks of total disconnection with society. And that's a little dangerous." "These 'extremists' have fought and died for our country for more than two centuries," Nicholson said, noting that the Marine Corps celebrated its 222nd anniversary November 10. "Service secretaries are supposed to support our men and women in uniform, not publicly degrade their valor. Her remarks serve as evidence of her ignorance about what it takes to assemble and maintain an effective fighting unit." Nicholson, a retired Army colonel, Army Ranger in Vietnam and West Point graduate, said Lister's comments are reflective of what he called the Clinton Administration's anti-military attitude. "Bill Clinton wrote that he 'loathed' the military and he's apparently appointed people who share his anti-military view," Nicholson said. Rising tensions between the U.S. and Iraq also demonstrate the need for effective military leadership. "A person with such a negative attitude toward the patriots who serve in uniform has no business in any military organization," Nicholson said. "With this administration contemplating the use of military force in response to Saddam Hussein's lawless arrogance, it is inexcusable for the Assistant Secretary of the Army to insult the very men and women who would be on the front lines." (Visit http://www.rnc.org for the latest news and information) --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/>