[TastyManatees]

Perhaps you remember Clark as the ineffective political general who botched the Serbian campaign and was fired by the last administration. Well, he's running for President now, and he looks like he advocates a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

Tasty Manatees

[dirtboy]

So Weasely Wesley first says this:

General Clark said the fundamental problem was the US tendency to fight states to get at "terrorists", rather than take on the "terrorists" themselves.

And then, without blinking, says this:

"We are drawing in terrorists. We have created chaos in Iraq," he said.

What a maroon.

[WestPacSailor]

Methinks Comrade Clark should stick to his day job as military "expert"? on CNN. That way, when he starts to babble I can simply change the station.

[OldFriend]

It was the team of Clark and Albright who brought us the bombing fo Serbia.

So much for their brand of diplomacy that they keep wishing on us now.

[Frank_Discussion]

He's a hosebag with a big mouth.

[Numbers Guy]

But General Clark expressed reservations about waging war on a country that he did not believe was "particularly linked to terrorism" or an "imminent danger".

Bush made it absolutely clear in his speeches that Iraq was *NOT* an imminent danger. His point was "I will not risk this country's safety by waiting until Iraq *is* an imminent danger".

Clark's claims about bin Laden's recruiting are laughable. To quote Osama himself, people prefer the strong horse. The strong horse isn't the cave-cowering leadership of Al Qaeda.

Also it's real cute how the libs in the media are now combining the combat *and* non-combat deaths since May. It's a subtle shift intended to make Bush look bad.

[Steel Wolf]

General Clark said the fundamental problem was the US tendency to fight states to get at "terrorists", rather than take on the "terrorists" themselves

With all due respect, Sir, go @^#& yourself.

This statement is nonsense, and you know it. How would you propose to attack As Qaida bases in Afghanistan and engage their forces without the permission of the host nation? The Taliban wasn't going to let us in, they went to war over it. What are you going to use on a nation that won't allow you access to their terrorists, Sir? Harsh language?

This is the dumbest thing I've read all day.

[concerned about politics]

General Clark is being encouraged to become a [D]emocratic [sic] candidate for next year's presidential election, but has not yet announced if he will stand.

Why vote for him? Why would any one want to? So he can do the same thing to stop terrorism that Clinton did? Have cocain and pizza parties? Maybe a few bj's for the guests?

In my opinion, this guy is a total fruit cake.

"We are drawing in terrorists. We have created chaos in Iraq," he said.

Of course we have, idiot! Bush lured the terrorist to Iraq where armed solders are waiting for them, and away from the people he serves - us!

BTW, a new baby has been born in Iraq. The mother named her son George Bush. It sounds like the innocent are supporting GW to me.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well, he certainly passes a major DemocRAT litmus test: blame America first (for everything).

Too bad the Army can't excommunicate him.

[Tallguy]

General Clark said the fundamental problem was the US tendency to fight states to get at "terrorists", rather than take on the "terrorists" themselves.

That's already been tried, General. Our former anti-terrorist strategy (the one that didn't involve fighting other states) included lobbing cruise missiles at a tent encampment in Afghanistan, and waiting until the terrorists struck us at home. Do you seriously think that since 9/11 the American public wants to return to those days? That's what I thought...

[montag813]

Wesley Clark is no laughing matter. If this man gained power, he would be the first potential American Adolf Hitler. His career highlights, including planning and leading the Waco assault, and his NATO command show actions which hint at psychological instability and capabilities of detached brutality. His career shows an unprecedented advancement by Bill Clinton which more than hints at payback for nasty secrets kept.

Read more HERE. A very disturbing read.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Bremer says some $30bn is needed to restore basic services He said America should rethink its strategy on Iraq, and work to ensure Iraqis could take back control of their borders, security and reconstruction."

It's interesting that this isn't in quotes, because I don't recall Bremer saying we need to "rethink our strategy." He did say we need more money, but the idea of giving control to the Iraqis has been the plan from day one. These things are not accomplished overnight.

[xzins]

"What I have seen again and again is a tendency to want to attack states to get at terrorists rather than dealing with the harder problem of getting the terrorists themselves."

What an inane statement!

Like Saddam was going to let us into his coutry to take out the terrorists he was harboring there.

We can't even get Saudi Arabia to let us take out the terrorists that they harbor.

[jmaroneps37]

This great! wessy will give ammo to the far left America haters who vote in rat primaries. Since they are only half smart, they will see that wessy is unelectable but; use his treasonable words as proof that they should support how-odd dean, whom they will, in their infinate wisdom, see as their only electable candidate.
It's a beautiful thing, I tell ya; it's a beautiful thing indeed!!

[hgro]

For some reason, Arkansas has a proclivity for producing dunces.

[Ramius]

Hmm... Lessee... We have assorted whacked out muslim extremists-- terrorists-- all heading for Iraq where they will take on (and die at the hands of) the 4th ID, the 82nd and 101st Airborne... instead of coming here to take on the NYPD or the LAPD.

Yup, they've got us right where we want them.

Maybe it's just me, but I haven't spotted the problem with this plan?

[Steel Wolf]

We may have given Osama Bin Laden the recharge he needed to rebuild his arsenal and his ranks," he told the BBC's World Today programme

Either that, or we gave hime a PCS (Permanent Change of Station) to Ft. Run-for-your-life, Pakistan, where he'll spend the rest of his miserable unwashed days looking over his shoulder, jumping at every shadow, and cowering at the roar of every jet engine in the distance. Just thinking of it makes me want to go to a good resteraunt, have a nice hot bath, and crash in my nice soft bed; three things that he'll never enjoy again from his cramped, humid little cave.

If by 'rebuild his arsenal', Clark means 'watch it be blown to smitherines, and be helpess to prevent it', then yes, he's right on the money. Al Qaida has rebuilt their arsenal very, very well. Now all they need is to find out how to kill people with very small bits of debris, and they're back in business.

His 'ranks' are a great place for fast promotions. From the hills of Afghanistan to the plains of Iraq, AQ members are gunned down like rabid dogs as soon as they show their colors. On the plus side, it's relatively safe to hide in remote caves in rural Pakistan. Where do I sign up?

[Peach]

Oh, Wesley the liar thinks we are interested in anything he has to say? Search FR for a few tidbits about him.

He has consistently lied and said that the White House called him on 9/11 "as the towers were burning" to request that he go public with the assertion that Iraq was behind the attacks. A few weeks ago he admits it was either a Saudia Arabian or Canadian (varying reports) think tank that called him on 9/11, not the White House.

A lie of this magnitude is an illness ala Clintonian.

Secondly, he has claimed the White House forced CNN to fire him! As though CNN would do as the White House asks.
What he doesn't seem to understand that as a consultant to CNN he was given free air time. Even the dunderheads at CNN figured out that potential presidential candidates should not be given any kind of free air time.

[kevkrom]

American policy has "created chaos" in Iraq.

And before we came in, sure, tens of thousands were being killed by a brutal regime that used chemical weapons on their own citizens, but at least there was order! Isn't that the most important thing?

[1Old Pro]

General Clark is being encouraged to become a [D]emocratic [sic] candidate

I hate it when I read about "Democratic" candidates. But Democrats hate being called Democrats, they always prefer to be called Democratic. I've had letters to the editor of liberal newspapers( I know, that goes without saying) change my letter by inserting Demcratic for Democrat.

[vaudine]

Wesley and Clinton had Oxford and Cecil Rhodes in common. McGovern was a Rhodes scholar, too, I believe. This so-called superior intellectualism appeals to the libs who live in Never-Never land instead of the real world. They like to stand around the cocktail parties and verbally solve all the world's problems. They leave feeling oh-so-superior to the rest of us poor work-a-day slobs. God save us from these types.

Clark is bashing Bush, but he helped give us the horror of Waco, the lies in Kosovo--ethnic cleansing only by the Serbs, when several Int'l Orgn. posted numbers showing Moslems were pouring over the borders and doing their own ethnic cleansing of Christians. The media never did publish anything but the Serbs being totally the bad guys.

I cannot see Clark getting any traction, unless Hillary does get "drafted" and chooses Wes as VP.

vaudine