Posted on 09/04/2002 6:58:10 PM PDT by kattracks
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Pressing his case against an assault on Baghdad, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said on Wednesday the United States had no legitimate reason to attack Iraq and that it would be a grave mistake to do so.
"The claim that Iraq is a threat is a complete fraud. I don't think they believe it for a minute," Clark said, referring to the Bush administration's stated grounds for seeking to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Clark, who served in the Johnson administration at the height of the Vietnam war, said it would be "the gravest mistake" of any president in his lifetime if President George W. Bush launches a war against Iraq.
The U.S. government has accused Iraq of amassing weapons of mass destruction, a charge Baghdad denies.
"What business is it of the United States to engage in regime change?," Clark asked at a news conference called to announce anti-war demonstrations expected to take place on Oct. 26 in Washington, San Francisco, London, Paris, Berlin and Rome.
Bush said on Wednesday that at the appropriate time he would ask Congress to approve any action on Iraq "necessary to deal with the threat."
Clark has been a vocal opponent of U.S. policy on Iraq and the U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. In Baghdad last week, he urged the United Nations to act to prevent a U.S. assault on Iraq, saying it would breed more violence.
Other American critics of a possible war against Iraq shared their opinions on Wednesday at a Capitol Hill forum chaired by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat.
Some participants warned that a U.S. strike without legitimate reason, could destabilize the Middle East.
"A U.S. invasion would likely be met with fury across the region" American University professor Edmund Ghareeb said.
"Most Arab states view Iraq as a country on its knees, a victim of trigger-happy U.S. policies. An invasion would only serve to galvanize anti-American feelings, and help fulfill the dreams of extremists," Ghareeb said.
© Reuters Limited.
No matter Clark's history, I agree with him on this statement.
Congratulations! You are the winner of the Sheila Jackson-Lee Award for the day's dumbest remark.
Your prize is a photo of human footprints taken on Mars.
Also, if he ever did build a nuke, we would know, because of the emmisions released.
I suggest you let those who know what the threats are make the case
I suggest the case they are making is B.S.
Ahem... I suspect not.
If your shoe WAS kidnapped by aliens, wouldn't you want someone to tell you?
But if Ramsey Clark gave a speach, wouldn't you rather NOT be told?
On the other hand, I admit his picture was worth a laugh... So maybe I'm wrong.
I identified that name just from reading the title. Do I get a prize?
Amen! What ever you do, DON'T offer an opinion on Ann Coulter that is 2 degrees off center or you'll be flamed for hours!
SIGH!!!!
Which one is Saddam?
Why would anyone, anywhere in the world give a FF what Saddam says? Or, more to the point, what Ramsey Clark says?
Whose side is Clark on anyway?
Based on what? Like Clark, you don't even attempt to substantiate your position. All the evidence available favors Bush's point of view and not Clark's or yours. That's why the People are behind him. Do you really think Bush is leading us into this war? Wrong, he's trying to keep up with 250,000,000 others of us. Protest and wring your hands all you want, it's your self-loathing right.
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