Clark, who served in the Johnson administration at the height of the Vietnam war...You can stop right there.
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.
Not only is he a fraud, he is a nutball.
P.S. Remember to include all of Saddam's violations of the terms he agreed to when you denounce America for bombing the poor defenseless country of Iraq, and how the sanctions have starved a million Iraqi's. LETS HEAR YOUR ARGUMENT!!!!!! I'm waiting
Bingo!
Thats not exactley sourcing your comment.
So you wanted to go to war with Iraq before Bush mentioned it? Also, not everyone wants this war. I'd say near half the people I talk to don't want it.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.-- III King Henry VI.
I might not have been paying attention, but I don't recall reading about this at the time.
I guess because Clinton was bombing Milosevic on behalf of the Islamic extremists in Albania, Ramsey's stand didn't get much press.
See you around,
LH
Reuters is as low as it gets.
Ever since about April, 1991!
Clark, who served in the Johnson administration at the height of the Vietnam war...You can stop right there.
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