Clinton moonlights with stars

With the recent threat by Saddam Hussein in the Persian Gulf of the use of chemical weapons in his possession, Americans would think that the threat would have been No. 1 on President Bill Clinton’s “to do” list for this past weekend, but it was not.

Instead, Clinton was, in fact, in California all weekend for what many deemed as a “power weekend” in which Clinton attended parties and fund-raisers in order to raise both support for himself and money for his future political ventures.

Although the threat by Hussein stayed real and the tension seemed to grow within the Persian Gulf, Clinton still had time to dance and party the night away at Hollywood functions with such stars as Barbra Streisand and Bruce Willis. Even though the intentions of the trip to the Southland were routine and ordinary at this time of year, the truth is President Clinton should have been stronger when the weekend came around and dealt with the problem more immediately.

Although it is hard for the President of the United States to break important engagements, the urgency of the problem in Iraq was too great for him to be gallivanting with our stars of Tinseltown and action should have been taken sooner.

On Monday, Clinton did respond to the problem, sending more U-2 bombers to Iraq to strengthen the forces already employed, but the fact that he was not calling the shots this weekend let the American people know that if Clinton truly was worthy of re-election he would have stayed in Washington D.C. instead of rubbing elbows with movie stars.

Clinton must realize that people are scared and upset from the news of a new conflict in Iraq already and he should address the problem on a steadier basis with news conferences and perhaps an Oval Office address.

Until Clinton takes more action to let the American public know how we stand in Iraq, his stature and form as a leader and as a respectable President will slowly fade away and all the scandal which has rocked Clinton’s presidency might gain some validity.

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