"Through dealings with Yugoslavia that date back to 1994, Clark's propensity for mistakes has kept him in trouble while he continued moving up the chain of command thanks to a patron in the Oval Office."&
"Clark is the perfect model of a 1990s political four-star general. Clark's rapid promotions after Dayton--winning his fourth star to head the Panama-based Southern Command and then the jewel of his European post--were both opposed by the Pentagon brass. But Clark's fellow Arkansan in the White House named him anyway. The president [Clinoccio] and the general are collaborators in a failed strategy whose consequences cast a long shadow even if soon terminated by negotiation."
During Clintigula's 8 year reign, most self respecting officers & EMs who could retire were retiring/ETS'g due to their distaste for the Liberal-Socialist CIC.
But not this guy.
No, such a sad development apparently was percieved as an "opportunity knocking" by a sorry opportunist.
...such as this Liberal-Socialist presidential wannabe.
You are so right! I know a lot of military that got out during those years. All you had to do was watch the Defense Budget Hearings before Senate Armed Services to know that Clinton had bought and paid for a lot of Generals that did stay. One exception was General Michael Ryan, USAF Chief of Staff. He didn't toe the Clinton line that the Air Force had enough money and Cohen or Shelton were unable to get him to stop telling the Senators the truth about lack of resources in the Air Force and why. Of course the why included Clinton's overseas trips that he never paid the Air Force for like that junket to Africa with all those people and all those C-17's to carry all the cargo.