Be strong Hillary!

I would like to express my opinion regarding the Clinton- Lewinsky affair. I don't think it's fair that all the attention has been directed at Clinton while Lewinsky has been left almost unscathed and appears to be enjoying the attention. Ms. Lewinsky seduced him, and it was she who pulled the trigger, not him. The affair would never have happened without her flirtatious attitude. She has been a disgrace to the female staff of the White House.

Clinton is only human and is not immune to the flirtatious advances of a young woman -- no man is. Whether he is a president or a tramp... a man is a man. Not many men can say no to a sugary smile and a sexy invitation. I believe there is a proverb that goes: A man is like a cat, when he can have a piece of meat he will eat the meat, if there is no meat but he finds a rotten fish he will lick the rotten fish ... well why not!

Ms. Lewinsky has admitted she had a crush on the president. She has also admitted that she entered her relationship with the president willingly, happily and of her own choice. There was no suggestion of sexual harassment, no use of force. When she told her friend about it, she claimed that she loved Clinton. If the feeling was mutual, I think Clinton would have come to her and not she to him. If he loved her he would have provided her with a decent place to live where he could have visited her quietly and they would have continued with their affair happily ever after.

I am sure affairs like this happen everywhere. When a man loves a woman, he will shower her with gifts and love letters and he will rent an apartment or room in a hotel or motel. Monica gave 30 gifts to Bill Clinton while he only gave her 18 in return, and she performed her love job in the corner of his study -- how pathetic.

Any woman will know who was obsessed with who.

For Bill Clinton she was only a woman who threw herself at his feet. She was doing something that she wanted to do to him and he enjoyed it, that's all. No one can be blamed for this, she did it happily and Clinton accepted the service she provided gratefully. She was naive to think that he would love her, and most of all, she disgraced her profession and Bill betrayed his family.

The public already tends to view female staff and assistants as people who always have affairs on the boil in the office. This is not always true, but Monica has done nothing to dispel this belief -- very unfortunate for the good, honest and decent career girls of this world.

I would like to hear more about Monica Lewinsky because I think we have thrown enough mud in smoldering Bill's face. In my opinion he should not take all the blame for the affair.

Hopefully Hillary and Chelsea have big hearts full of love for their beloved man, the head of their family and nation. Then they may be able to accept his weakness -- a human weakness that needs to be forgiven, if they can.

ETTY M.S.

Jakarta