[Mr Rogers]

You have spewed this on too many threads. I despise Clark, but he was not in any way responsible for Waco. I was at Ft Hood at the time. Frankly, sending in tanks wasn't a bad idea. The Waco-ites committed suicide & killed their own children. They didn't HAVE to die; they CHOSE to die. And who was in charge at Ft Hood made no difference - when legal orders to provide equipment come down, ANY CC would have obeyed.

As for Kosovo - I opposed our intervention, and I'm sorry innocent folks died. But innocent folks die in every war. As much as I dislike Clark, he was right on the bombing tactics (staying high can give you MORE ACCURATE bombing, not less - a point that has a long explanation). He was also right in wanting ground troops. The Clintoon admin screwed up everything about Kosovo (including getting involved in the first place), but that was NOT Weasely Clark's fault.

[judywillow]

You have spewed this on too many threads. I despise Clark, but he was not in any way responsible for Waco. I was at Ft Hood at the time. Frankly, sending in tanks wasn't a bad idea. The Waco-ites committed suicide & killed their own children.

Sorry, but that's idiotic. It simply doesn't require that much thinking to figure this one out. If you had to pick a way to die, what all's going to be on the bottom of the list? I mean, burning to death is going to be real near the bottom of most people's lists, and the fact that not a single person ran out of that building to avoid burning to death is a collosal violation of the law of averages UNLESS they had reason to think they'd be shot if they did run out.

And all of that to impress some congressional budget committee as opposed to simply nabbing the one guy they were interested in on one of his frequent trips to local stores.

I'm sorry, but the BS isn't ever going to fly on this one.