[Burkeman1]

I was half listening to that program. But I believe Clark did say that he had presented to both Clinton and Bush plans to attack Al Quede and kill OBL and both rejected them. I won't dismiss Clark or his allegations. But he is trying to sell a book. But of course so was everyone who came out with an anti Clinton book and I believe most of that stuff.

[kabar]

I was half listening to that program. But I believe Clark did say that he had presented to both Clinton and Bush plans to attack Al Quede and kill OBL and both rejected them. I won't dismiss Clark or his allegations. But he is trying to sell a book. But of course so was everyone who came out with an anti Clinton book and I believe most of that stuff.

Besides trying to sell a book, Clarke was launching a political attack on GWB in the midst of an election year. The timing of the book and the contents are not coincidental. Particularly damning was his comments that Bush was doing a terrible job in fighting terrorism and that Iraq was a distraction. This is nonsense since Iraq has been on the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism for over a decade and we have been bogged down for more than 10 years enforcing two no-fly zones over Iraq.