Posted on 10/03/2007 9:40:33 AM PDT by RDTF
In a blog to the Huffington Post, former NATO Supreme Commander Wesley Clark called for Congress to immediately take steps to remove conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh from Armed Forces Radio.
Last week, Rush Limbaugh labeled any American soldier who supports an end to the war in Iraq as "phony," noted Clark.
"We challenged Limbaugh through an email campaign to invite VoteVets.org's Jon Soltz to his show and repeat these same insults to an Iraq war veteran's face. Over 10,000 people responded and emailed Rush -- but to our disappointment, he has refused to respond to our request.
"It's time to put real pressure on Rush Limbaugh. His show is broadcast on Armed Forces Radio, and this time we are going to go straight to the lifeblood of Rush's show -- Congress. Congress has the power to remove Rush Limbaugh from Armed Forces Radio, and it won't be as easy for elected officials to ignore our call."
Clark further decried the fact that Republicans in Congress have drafted a resolution supporting Rush Limbaugh, "commending [his] relentless efforts to build and maintain troop morale through worldwide radio broadcasts and personal visits to conflict regions."
"That's outrageous," concluded Clark. "Rush Limbaugh's 'phony soldiers' comment should not be commended -- it should be condemned. And it's time to tell Congress to act swiftly to hold Rush Limbaugh accountable."
He certainly looks the part, but all I know for certain is he's a Rhodes scholar, p.o.s. slave to the globalists, and Soros' sockpuppet.
Who let this a$$ out of the woodwork. is he running for Hillary’s VP again?
LOL! I suspect that Rush would sigh with relief if he thought that would be the worst thing that would happen to him once Hillary is coronated, pardon me, I mean inaugurated.
You're so right, Ashley. I demand to know what brand of cigar trimmer he uses.
Great graphic!
More than that. Here's what Rush had to say about Weasly Clark today...
Transcript of today's show.RUSH: (laughing) Putting it in perspective. Now, General Clark, let's talk about him just a second here before we go to the break, the mad bomber of Bosnia. Is this the same Wesley Clark who did nothing to try to prevent the mass murder of 800,000 Rwandans? Is this the same Wesley Clark who was in a position to insist the Clinton administration and the United Nations send help to that region to try to stop the mass murder of 800,000 Rwandans? Is this the same Wesley Clark who has never had to answer for his indifference to that genocide, and, worse, in the face of this genocide, in a public investigation, has never had to answer for it? Is this the same Wesley Clark who was once a Republican who supported President Bush but then changed parties so he could run for president and then attack President Bush? Is this the same Wesley Clark who could not muster any popular support for his hilarious run for the presidency?
You see, this is why the mad bomber of Bosnia can't read a transcript or listen to an audio and speak truthfully about them. He's no longer a general. He's just another in a long line of liberal hacks, ladies and gentlemen. Now, General Clark, we all appreciate your service in the military, but what you're doing now has nothing to do with your service. It has to do with your decision to play mud ball with the left. I don't know about you, Mr. Clark, but I go to bed at night with zero problems. How do you sleep, sir? How do you and the rest of the Clinton administration sleep knowing you did nothing about the genocide in Rwanda?
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: I'm going to go back, I'm going to stay on the mad bomber of Bosnia for a moment, ladies and gentlemen, and that is General Wesley Clark. Do you remember, Michael Moore called George W. Bush a deserter, and Wesley Clark stood up for Michael Moore's right to say that? This is a NewsMax story, January 22nd, 2004, during General Clark's ill-fated run at the Democratic presidential candidacy. "In a response that could turn out to be General Clark's worst blunder yet..." and that's a tough call, because there were so many of them, "...the presidential hopeful said his supporter, firebrand filmmaker and propagandist Michael Moore, had a right to call President Bush a military deserter." We have the audio sound bite. It was a debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, January 22nd, 2004. Peter Jennings said, "General Clark, this is really a simple question about knowing a man by his friends. The other day you had a rally here, and one of the men who stood up to endorse you, was the controversial filmmaker Michael Moore. You said you were delighted with him. At one point Mr. Moore said in front of you that President Bush, saying that he'd like to see you, the general, President Bush, to be called a deserter. Now, that's a reckless charge not supported by the facts, and I was curious to know why you didn't contradict him and whether or not you think it would have been a better example of ethical behavior to have done so."
But referring to General “Betraeus” warrants endless apoplectic tirades by people who are outraged that anyone would use such a word to describe a general in the Army.
Most people would see a difference between the man described above by Rush (all verifiable accounts of Clark's actions) and calling a commanding general in the field a liar and a betrayer before he even speaks.
Everytime Fox has this moron on, I e-mail them and tell them I’m changing the channel.
Wesley Clark... again working on getting Brownie points en route to securing a job in a mythical Democrapic administration.
The entire attack on Rush Limbaugh is based on a lie, i.e., that Limbaugh was attacking legitimate veterans. That Clarke repeats the lie, and tries to make political advantage out of it, is all you need to know.
Bunkie
The Cap pulled your covers. Clark is a strong supporter of Hillary. He was promted to General during Clintons’s era who hated the military- Look at Hillary treatment of the soldiers while she was 1st lady. I have heard him interviewed and he is full of himself.
"Resolved: That Jesse MacBeth is not a phoney soldier."
Clark will run away and hde.
At the beginning of the Kosovo conflict, CounterPunch delved into the military career of General Wesley Clark and discovered that his meteoric rise through the ranks derived from the successful manipulation of appearances: faking the results of combat exercises, greasing to superiors and other practices common to the general officer corps. We correctly predicted that the unspinnable realities of a real war would cause him to become unhinged. Given that Clark attempted to bomb the CNN bureau in Belgrade and ordered the British General Michael Jackson to engage Russian troops in combat at the end of the war, we feel events amply vindicated our forecast.(snip)
This is the guy who received the Kosovo Campaign Medal after having been granted a waiver, although according to an article in Stars and Stripes (European addition), no one seems to know who granted the waiver in time for the general to get the first medal awarded. Even though he led the international alliance in its 78-day blitz against Yugoslavia, the waiver was necessary because General Clark's service did not meet the criteria for the award which required service in the actual theater of operation. It appears that Clark made no effort to secure similar waivers for the thousands of service personnel who supported the effort from bases outside the combat zone.
Just a sample.
So Wesley Clark joins in the corus of dishonesty. While not unexpected, it still amazes me how people can just lie like this without any remorse. Incredible.
Tiger Thanks for the infor
You’re welcome. My pleasure.
But referring to General “Betraeus” warrants endless apoplectic tirades by people who are outraged that anyone would use such a word to describe a general in the Army.
You got it right! Congratulations!
Clark talking about phony troops is almost like the pot calling the kettle black.
TigersEye: I did not know that Kosovo was located in BiH. But thanks for letting me know.
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