Clarke is the terrorist czar who pushed approval for USS COLE to visit Aden despite the country’s US Ambassador that the threat was too high for a fuel stopover.
Clinton, Clarke, Zinni — blood on their hands...
If memory serves correctly, GEN Zinni testified before Congress that 1) it was the safest of the ports available in that area (”least bad option”) and 2) the fuel stopover was necessary because 13 or the Navy’s 14 deep-sea refueling vessels had been mothballed. Guess under which administration the latter occurred and left our Navy only bad options?