Wesley Clark's Conspiracy Theory: Tells Wolf Blitzer about the neoconservative master plan

The Weekly Standard ^ | December 1, 2003 | Matthew Continetti

[quidnunc]

Does Gen. Wesley Clark subscribe to The Weekly Standard? Commentary, maybe? Because he seems to know a lot about, as he puts it, the "neoconservative press." Yesterday on CNN's "Late Edition," for example, Clark said — not for the first time — that the Bush administration's war plans extend far beyond Iraq.

"I do know this," Clark told Wolf Blitzer. "In the gossip circles in Washington, among the neoconservative press, and in some of the statements that Secretary Rumsfeld and Secretary Wolfowitz have made, there is an inclination to extend this into Syria and maybe Lebanon." What's more, Clark added, "the administration's never disavowed this intent."

Well, no. Here's what a senior administration official told the Los Angeles Times's Robin Wright last April: "The lesson of Iraq is not 'Watch out, the U.S. is going to invade.' We're not. . . . Do you think President Bush would do anything to prepare for an election like fight another war? He's not looking for more foreign adventures. We won't get ahead by invading Syria or Iran."

Secretary of State Colin Powell made the same argument when he visited Syria last May. The secretary traveled to Damascus shortly after major combat operations in Iraq had ended, Powell said, in order "to pursue diplomacy and mutual political efforts that both sides can be taking." The reason for the visit? "So the issue of war hostilities is not on the table."

Case closed, right?

Wrong. Clark has made his charge a central plank of his presidential campaign. …

[PhiKapMom]

Clark is delusional!

[tet68]

Bwahahaha!

From the article.

You probably get the flavor of what Wesley Clark is saying, too. It tastes, as THE SCRAPBOOK pointed out three weeks ago, like baloney. And sometimes, as in the case of yesterday's interview with Blitzer, it tastes like three-week-old baloney.

[Poohbah]

Can't wait to see him on the stump, eyes bugging out of his head, and talking about how "the JOOOOOOooooos" control everything.

[thoughtomator]

Hey I think I wrote that list! I'd be happy to write it again!

[Williams]

And the problem with taking action in Syria would be ...?

If Clark is right, doesn't it undercut the U.S. to reveal and criticize a future military action?

[MainFrame65]

Fortunately for our side, most conservatives are familiar with tinfoil hats; how to make them, and how and when to use them. Liberals have yet to learn these important lessons, so they are thrall to the secret emanations of the conspiracy theorists, resulting in the kind of paranoid delusional behavior exhibited here.

Hey, General! Git yer hat on!

[RWR8189]

General Confusion

[NittanyLion]

What's more, Clark added, "the administration's never disavowed this intent."

I heard a rumor the US is preparing to invade Canada. And incredibly, they've never disavowed it! Warmongers!

[Justin714]

This guy's full of it. All the "facts" he's been citing are based on rumours and gossips. Wonder how he's made his 4 stars.
I'm sure glad he's no longer running our military.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Can't wait to see him on the stump, eyes bugging out of his head, and talking about how "the JOOOOOOooooos" control everything

ALL the Dem candidates have dutifully made this a central plank in their respective platforms. Lieberman included. :)

[billorites]

Strawberries anyone?

[ctonious]

Clark said — not for the first time — that the Bush administration's war plans extend far beyond Iraq.

Small potatoes eh, Weasley? Not like going for the gusto and attacking Russia. That would take a real man(iac). Juices, Wes, guard them juices.

[onedoug]

"Even my dog doesn't think I'm a monster."

[monkeywrench]

I would think it might embolden the iranians or syrians to make some provocative moves around the election.

[Porterville]

This man should not be called a general, he is a disgrace, and has a worse temper then psycho Dean..... Now that would be a ticket, "Dean Clark 2004, the absolute cause of the nuclear war!!"

[Califelephant]

If the administration felt the need to "disavow" all the nonsense Wesley dreams up, they'd have to hire a full time Senior Administrative Disavower.

[Always Right]

...Dean Clark 2004

Dick's brother?

[LasVegasMac]

And the problem with taking action in Syria would be ...?

No kidding. Add Iran to the list.

The place has been a mess for years, sorely in need of some responsible adult leadership.

Actually, the whole area's situation reminds me of a 3 or 4 year old day care class - out of control.

LVM

[gaspar]

Couldn't you visualize these two nut cases going at one another. You'd have Clark trying to sink his highly polished nails into the rubicund spittle-laced face of a rabid Howard Dean while Dean was trying to bite through Clark's emaciated shin. Clark would scream "Marxist", while Dean would be questioning Clark's fascist credentials. And somewhere back in the wings, the politically invisable Mss. Clark and Dean would be trying to punch each other out.

Shakespearean tragedy? Hardly. But anything is possible now that the Democrats have proved that their politics is, above all, A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.