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.
As for the former somebody, now a nobody with a "differing point of view", ain't life without accountibility grand? Heck even such perennial favourites like Dan, Peter and Tom are accountable on some level. But the Ramsey fella? Heck, he can spit out venom and nonsense such as the above 24 by 7 and never have to answer to anybody. Grand, as I said!
Either you know what you are talking about, or this is total BS! If you know what you are talking about, and are releasing such information publicly, I hope that you will enjoy your stay at Guantanamo!
Here is his comment :
"Because if we don't meet him in war on our terms, eventually he'll meet us in war on his." by MadIvan
Spot on IMHO
Interesting read. But other options like "nutcase" must be considered.
P.S. I sure hope not :-)
What a simple fellow you are. All conclusions and no facts. You're sure half blah blah blah. Please educate us with more of these cutting insights. Somebody help this lost soul find his way home to DU where such intellectual rigor is appreciated.
Anyone tempted to support Clark, even out of sympathy for him against his attackers here, should read the Michelle Malkin TownHall column already posted on this thread. It's pretty sickening.
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I second that.
The idea that an insane dictator who murdered his way into power, who gassed his own people, hates the U.S. with a passion, who is stockpiling chemical and biological weapons and developing nuclear weapons...and consorts with terrorists is not a threat....after what we saw on 9-11....is just insane.
Thank God Bush in is charge.
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