Clark Credits Clinton for Ghadafy Breakthrough

NewsMax.com ^ | 12/22/03

[Headfulofghosts]

Clark Credits Clinton for Ghadafy Breakthrough

Democratic presidential hopeful Gen. Wesley Clark said Sunday that his old boss Bill Clinton - not President Bush - deserved credit for forcing Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to abandon his weapons of mass destruction programs, even though Gadhafi's turnaround came nearly three years after Clinton had left office.

"It's a program of squeezing Libya that's gone on for more than a decade," Clark told a Derry, New Hampshire audience, according to the Concord Monitor. "The Clinton administration was very much involved with this."

In a slap at Bush, Clark said, it "shows that you don't need to use force to get your way in world affairs," adding that Prime Minister Tony Blair deserved credit for the Ghahafi breakthrough as well.

The retired general added new details to his charge that President Bush was responsible for leaving America vulnerable to the 9/11 attacks, saying that President Clinton tried to warn Bush about Osama bin Laden but Bush wouldn't listen.

"He wasn't paying attention," Clark complained. "He didn't do his job as commander and chief."

The former NATO commander said that Bush deserves to be "fired" for not doing more to prevent 9/11.

"This is the way it works in the Navy, if you're the captain of a ship, and it runs aground, they only ask two questions: Did it run aground, and were you the captain?" he explained. "If the answer is yes to both, you're fired."

Though Clark has repeatedly pounded away at the theme that Bush is responsible for 9/11, reporters have yet to ask him about President Clinton's confession last year that he turned down a deal for bin Laden's arrest in Sudan.

[BluH2o]

Didn't read thru the posts so someone else may have pointed out NewsMax.com is responsible for this spin. NewsMax is the equivalent of a super market checkout counter tabloid ... I have no love for Clark, Clinton or the rest of democ"rats" out there ... but this NewsMax stuff is just attention getting crap ... sort of like throwing red meat into the lions den. Baiting the conservatives ...

[D2]

Eff up to move up!

[eeriegeno]

To think that anyone would support this idiot for the presidency is utterly insane.

[ridesthemiles]

How does such a small,petty man get four stars?

Does ANYONE have an answer to this question?????

Are we SURE he was in the USA military?????

[AmericanVictory]

Kudos!

[Howlin]

Imagine the Democrats "presenting" Clark as the alternative to wild man Dean.

Frankly, I'm getting more worried about him than I am about Dean.

[Finalapproach29er]

Hilarious. Wes was feeling pretty that day.

[MeekOneGOP]

Wow. Incredible.

[MeekOneGOP]

haha ! Maybe Clark can be the MetroSexual Dean's choice for VP !

What a colorful pair they would be, huh ? LOL !

[Pietro]

"It's a program of squeezing Libya that's gone on for more than a decade,"

It had nothing to do w/ Saddam on TV looking like a hobo and facing the death penalty at the hands of his own people.

It had nothing to do w/ W rolling over Afganistan and Iraq like they were cheap card tables.

No, it was bj's diplomatic genius which required a full three years to mature and bear fruit.

This is laughable, and yet the demonicrats are so desparate it's the only thing they have left.

[Aquinasfan]

Rush was right. When they're out of power they get big-time kooky.

[Puppage]

"It's a program of squeezing Libya that's gone on for more than a decade,"

Then why did it take so long for the apple to fall from the tree....why NOW?

Gee, we've had sanctions on Cuba for HOW long there, chief? Nice to see that working so well. Castro could give in any moment now, hmm?

[gulfcoast6]

Guess ole Clark has fallen out of his tree again.

[Moonman62]

In a slap at Bush, Clark said, it "shows that you don't need to use force to get your way in world affairs," ...

Especially when you use force against some other thug as an example.

[tractorman]

Clark is a thruth-o-phobe.

[geedee]

What's really scary is that this empty suit was actually in a high command position at one time.

And him and Pee Wee were both Rhodes Scholars. I thought this was a big deal . . . until I checked.

In true Clintonian fashion, after an extensive check of his biography, I discovered they both had Maybelle Rhodes as their first grade school teacher. So, naturally, to Pee Wee, he's a Rhodes Scholar.

I should've known that when one Yahoo doesn't know what "is" is and another one couldn't find his ass with an atlas and a guided tour that we weren't dealing with the brightest lights on the tree.

[Happy2BMe]

Just talked with my son last night about Clark.

He knows an officer who worked for directly for Clark in the 90's when Clark was Ceasar Clinton's general over NATO and was able to observe Clark first-hand.

Two words for Clark kept coming out in the description of Clark . .

POMPOUS BASTARD

[MeekOneGOP]

He is that ! ...