Sorry I have not had time to get around to your questions – but with this UN trainwreck – I’ve got a few hours on my hands to take care of email.

1. Where is Osama bin Laden?

Great question – I wish *I* knew – sure could use the reward money. But the point you are getting at – I believe – is that issues need to be dealt with in a serial fashion. This may be hard for you to believe – but we have *lots* of folks looking for him – there are a few guys we have not sent to Iraq! Did you notice we collared up on arch-scumbag Khalid Shaikh Muhammed last week? You see Justis – while it will be nice to take a long piss on Mr. Bin Laden’s grave – keeping him on the run and hiding under a rock is just as effective at preventing terror attacks. How many of the ‘new waves of terror’ that we keep hearing about have actually happened since 9/11 ? Oh – none. Don’t worry though – we can make *lots* of mistakes – Mr. Bin Laden can make only *one* – his day will be here soon – I assure you.

2. Who was behind the Anthrax mailings of Autumn 2001?

Another good question. You *do* realize that investigations take time? It took *decades* to find the Uni-bomber. Chill – it was alomst certainly a domestic right wing nutball – if and when he comes up for air – he will get nabbed. Are you really *this* scared about the subject? Yipes – I bet you are opening your mail with gloves.

3. Why are we more worried about Iraq, a nation that may have an emerging nuclear program, than we are about North Korea

Whew – this is an easy one! I’ll clue you in.

1. Iraq *lost* a war way back in 1991 – now – you might not have been around for this – but they *started* this war by invading a country called Kuwait. Yup – hard to believe – but true. Anyway – as part of the ‘peace’ accord they signed – they had eight (8) days to turn over all their nuclear material. Funny thing – alomst 8 YEARS later some of the bumbling UN inspectors tripped over the makings of a gas centrifuge. Yipes! Add to this the materials (the infamous aluminum tubes) that keep turning up – well – seems like naughty stuff to me. Anyway a condition of the surrender of Iraq was they would not do stuff like this.

2. Iraq has something that NK does not – money. Lot’s of it. NK is just about to implode – give them another winter without food or oil and we’ll see how much of a fight’n mood they are in. Let’s face it – you can’t eat a bomb. (unless its one of those choclate ones they make here for dessert sometimes – yum!)

3. NK *may* have a nuclear bomb – small correction for you there – but they have not tested a ‘bomb’ ever. So while they may have ONE – it may not work. Yes – I know you think building such things are easy – but it is *just* a tiny bit harder then you think. Second – they have to get it here – and as you might guess – popping test shots over Japan is a bit less complex the getting a ICBM to come down in my backyard.

Anyway – while this was before your time – there once was a country called the USSR that had thousands (!) of missles (that worked) aimed at us. We managed to live though that – so don’t soil your drawers now OK ? It’s not as scary as it seems.

4. Why are we more concerned about Iraq, a nation that may have links to Al Qaida, than we are about countries like Eqypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia who are known to have links to Al Qaida?

Boy – for someone who has never even been outside the US – you really seem to know a lot! Well – first – let’s be clear – Iraq *does* have links to Al Qaida. I know you don’t belive this – and there is not real way to prove it – but its there.

Second – what makes you so sure some of these other countries aren’t on the list? You are darn right – these places *are* swamps that need draining – but let’s just wrap up Iraq first shall we?

Last – and again you might be too un-informed or isolated to know this – but Iraq has done some *really* naughty things. Like gassing (with mustard and nerve gas) several *hundred* thousand people in Iraq. Like using torture – mass executions – and rape as regular tools of everyday life. You see Justis – as hard as if may be for you to understand – sometimes you need to take a scumbag like Saddam out ‘just becasue’.

Again – having probably never faced anything more dangerous in your own life then your favorite TV show being cancelled – its hard for you to understand the fear, the horror, that the people of Iraq live with everyday. So this point is no doubt lost on you. However – hopefully – in time – your world will expand to realize there *is* more the what you see on TV or read on the Internet. Perhaps you will understand. In the meantime – the grown-ups have to take care of stuff like this.

Well – I have to go now – but since you are *so* smart – maybe you could post answers to these questions on your little web site.

1. If not war – what exactly should we do with Iraq? After 12 years of inspections – 17 UN sanctions and one war (in 91) I’d like to hear your thoughts on the subject. Please educate us on *your* solution.

2. What is the ’solution’ to North Korea (note – since they already violated the oil/food for no nukes treaty the UN/clinton signed 3 years ago you have to tell me how you plan to prevent them doing the same thing again if the solution you propose is ‘more talks’)

3. What do *you* think should be the punishment for a regiem that has killed over a million of its own citizens ? If now is *not* the time for action – let us all know what the line in the sand is that does make it OK to stop genocide.

If you could get back to *me* in the next few weeks – that would be great.

God Bless

George W.

BTW – I spoke to Einsatzgruppenfurher Ashcroft – he does *not* have a file on you *yet*

He did mention you better straighten up and fly right or you could end up in a diffrent kind of summer ‘camp’ soon though.

GW