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.

[dirtboy]

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.

This comment is almost too stupid for rebuttal ... almost. I guess Wesley never heard from Clinton about his failure to take Sudan up on its proposal to hand bin Laden over to the United States.

[happydogdesign]

[smith288]

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

Hey Clark, its "Commander in chief"...

[John Jorsett]

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

[Frank_Discussion]

He is sounding more and more like a ringer all the time... where the heck do they get these guys?

[MontanaBeth]

What a weasel. Someone should give him a kick in the rear.

[COUNTrecount]

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

Clinton...so much squeezing, so little time. Depends on the meaning of 'Libya."

[JusPasenThru]

Don't ask.....don't tell.

[wvnavyvet]

I am ashamed to say this guy is a veteran; it sickens me to think he ever led our military in any fashion and he is a disgrace to the men in uniform. He's just another a toe sucker.

[Frank_Discussion]

"You say Libya,
I say Labia,
Let's just call the whole thing off!"

[in the Arena]

[Admin Moderator]

Please use original titles, it helps in avoiding duplicates.

[dirtboy]

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

There's a R-rated joke just dying to crawl out of that sentence, but I won't say it here due to forum guidelines.

[Frank_Discussion]

Am I in trouble?

:-(

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Clark has been 'absorbed' by the Clintons.

[Petronski]

It was all Clinton's doing,
and I proved that . . . .
with geometric logic . . .

[Dolphy]

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.

If this is his tortured logic, then someone needs to tell him that it doesn't work both ways. If Libya is Clinton's doing then so was September 11.

[Savage Beast]

The Clintons have a genius for recruiting useful idiots.

[You Dirty Rats]

If the ship sinks an enemy ship, then the current Captain gets credit, not the previous Captain.

John Glenn was less of a shameful apologist for Bubba than this clown.