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Clark Credits Clinton for Ghadafy Breakthrough
NewsMax.com ^
| 12/22/03
Posted on 12/22/2003 2:18:25 PM PST by 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.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004; clark; gadhafi; libya; wesleyclark; whataweasel; whywesleydoesntblink; x42
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To: Frank_Discussion
Agreed.
The man is delusional.
Or, he's running for an office he knows he'll never attain.
Or both.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:29:55 PM PST
by
Pete'sWife
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: Headfulofghosts
Just amazing. Conversely, Clarking is blaming Bush for the rape of Juanita Broaddrick.
22
posted on
12/22/2003 2:31:40 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Hillary would get 100% of the Islamist Terrorist vote)
To: Headfulofghosts
Whoa.
Whatever mind-altering substance Wesley is on, I want some.
23
posted on
12/22/2003 2:31:41 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He be smokin' some serrrrrious reefa.
24
posted on
12/22/2003 2:32:41 PM PST
by
TheBigB
(...international law is whatever the United States and Great Britain say it is. - Ann Coulter)
To: Headfulofghosts
"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." And in some cases, members of the crew are relieved as well. His point?
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:33:27 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(What am I rebelling against? Well, what do ya got?)
To: Headfulofghosts
>>
Clark Credits Clinton for Ghadafy BreakthroughWhat? Did Clinton finally convince Ghadafy that things would go easier if he'd just shirk his responsibilities and waste everyone's time getting hummers from interns?
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:33:56 PM PST
by
Wondervixen
(Ask for her by name--Accept no substitutes!)
To: Headfulofghosts
Clark's victims including children during his squeeze against Americans.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:34:55 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: Headfulofghosts
I thought it was all the spadework done years ago by Billy Carter, when Jimmy was in office....
To: MontanaBeth
We don't need those little Democratic Underground doohickie thingamagigs on this website!
Just kidding!
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:36:29 PM PST
by
montomike
(montomike)
To: Headfulofghosts
I guess if Clark puts his mind to it, he'll find a way to give Clinton credit for capturing Saddam. But as another poster said, why doesn't he then blame Clinton for 9/11 (hatched several years before the actual attack), the attack on the Cole, the embassy bombings, and the declining economy that Bush inherited?
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:36:40 PM PST
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: Headfulofghosts
I assume that he was also blaming Clinton for the recession we are climbing out of, also. I'm sure of it. He couldn't be an illogical damn hypocrite.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:37:45 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: happydogdesign
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh THAT's good!
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:38:16 PM PST
by
PeteFromMontana
(Merry Christmas! Where's my present?)
To: Headfulofghosts
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... Yes, dear... Whatever you say, dear...
-PJ
To: Headfulofghosts
Well, it's at least starting to get fun now. AlGore invented the INTERNET and was the inspiration for the book "Love Story." Now we have a new whopper king. Welcome to the campaign for President Mr. Whopper.
To: Headfulofghosts
Clark is a total and complete idiot.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:39:32 PM PST
by
mombonn
To: Headfulofghosts
While Clinton's nose gets longer and redder by the day, Clark's gets longer and browner.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:39:58 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Headfulofghosts
Clark Credits Clinton for Ghadafy Breakthrough
What!??
I think Wesley Clark needs to switch the brand of crack he's smokin'.
37
posted on
12/22/2003 2:40:27 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Have YOU been spanked by Sarcasto-tron today?)
To: MontanaBeth
Hi Beth, Merry Christmas!
38
posted on
12/22/2003 2:40:28 PM PST
by
PeteFromMontana
(Merry Christmas! Where's my present?)
To: Pete'sWife
To: Dog Gone
"I assume that he was also blaming Clinton for the recession we are climbing out of . . . "
Remember how during the 2000 campaign, the Dems tried to blame Bush for the economic downturn before he was even president? The "Bush is talking-down the economy" line was one of the most shameless spins of all time. I lost all respect for Robert Reich when he tried to use that one on O'Reilly.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:44:26 PM PST
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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