Missionaries Rescued - One of

Missionaries Rescued - One of the missionaries kidnapped 13 months ago in the Phillipines was killed a rescue mission by US-trained Philipino troops today. Martin Burnham died of gunshot wounds, while his wife Gracia was wounded but safe.

It should go without saying that the media and the American left will second-guess this raid. But admit it - back in the seventies and eighties, when dozens of Americans were being kidnapped around the world, didn't you want to see this,even once? Way deep down inside?

Be honest now.

Nutbar Alert - The right-wing conspiracy theories get all the attention. But Michael Long chronicles the much more interesting - and, curiously, less publicized - wacko conspiracy theories ofthe left.