History of Misinformation tarnishes Clark's Military Record

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | October 6, 2003 | Thomas H. Lipscomb

[Clodia Pulcher]

...in one astonishing statement three days before Clark announced his candidacy, Clark's former boss, Gen. H. Hugh Shelton, raised the most serious questions about Clark's military record, which is, of course, all he really has to run on. Shelton, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 9/11, said: "I've known Wes a long time. I will tell you the reason he came out of Europe early had to do with integrity and character, issues that are very near and dear to my heart."

According to military historian Thomas Fleming, "This is the most critical statement by one senior military officer on the record on the conduct of another in the history of the United States armed forces."

[Clodia Pulcher]

WHO is Wes Clark? We'd better find out NOW!

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Wesley Clark ping - this is the hardest, most devastating shot I've seen yet at Clark in the mainstream media. Someone's doing their homework...

[LakerCJL]

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[dirtboy]

There are clues to Shelton's indictment from Clark's Kosovo campaign. The war began after a chorus of charges that the Serbians were unleashing genocidal holocaust upon Kosovars, Albanians and other largely Muslim minorities. And the NATO commander's headquarters rapidly became an echo of the "five o'clock follies" of press misinformation at Army headquarters in Saigon two decades earlier.

Here are a few examples: There were supposed to be 100,000 prisoners detained by the Serbs in a soccer stadium in Pristina. An Agence France Presse reporter dropped by the stadium a few days later and admired its green grass and empty seats with the single caretaker on the site.

NATO headquarters passed along Albanian allegations that Serbian victims were being incinerated at a Trpca mine smelter. But when interviewed by reporter Ben Works, NATO officers admitted they had monitored the site during the entire war and the smelter had never been fired up. P> Even the NATO bomb-damage assessment team Clark sent in after the truce found that instead of the several hundred Serbian tanks Clark had claimed were destroyed by his air war, there were only 12 and about as many personnel carriers. As for atrocities, according to Works, Clark's team found "no credible indications of large scale atrocities or any other pattern of smaller scale crimes against humanity."

Wes Clark's candidacy may seriously backfire on the DLC wing. As they keep trying to imply that Bush lied about Saddam's WMDs, now Clark brings the clearly documented lies of the Kosovo campaign back into the news...

[BluH2o]

"I've known Wes a long time. I will tell you the reason he came out of Europe early had to do with integrity and character, issues that are very near and dear to my heart." General Shelton

Wes Clark Little Rock, AR
Bill Clinton Little Rock, AR
What is it about Little Rock that produces notables that consistantly come up short in the integrity & character category?

[alloysteel]

One is led to suspect that Weasely Clark probably ran into the "Peter Principle" when he was promoted past the rank of major. He has been operating way above his competency for quite a while now, and it is only quick thinking on the part of his subordinates, and a beneficient higher authority in the civil side of the military chain of command that carried him as far as he went, before he was sent home, not quite in disgrace, but supposedly chastened.

And now Weasely is fully rehabilitated? Heck, he isn't even a Democrat, who is he to be receiving absolution for his past sins?

[dirtboy]

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[MamaLucci]

now Clark brings the clearly documented lies of the Kosovo campaign back into the news...

And let's not forget Waco.
When I heard Hugh Shelton's truly damning indictment of Clark,
the children at Waco were the first thing that came to mind.

[Brasil]

WACO!!
Clark also helped Janet massacre the Waco 87?? We haven't heard that before.

[ladtx]

According to military historian Thomas Fleming, "This is the most critical statement by one senior military officer on the record on the conduct of another in the history of the United States armed forces."

Oh I dunno, maybe a little hyperbole there.. There has been a lot of animosity between many military leaders in the past.

Example:
"Quite ignorant for his rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance."
Gen. Winfield Scott on Zachary Taylor

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dis bump's for all...

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WHO is Wes Clark? We'd better find out NOW!

Simply the incarnation of SNAFU.

[RISU]

He "hangs" with the Clintons, and endorses Gray Davis.

What more do you need to know?

[Howlin]

In that same interview, Hugh Shelton said that he would NOT vote for Wesley Clark.

[RISU]

LITTLE ROCK IS GROUND ZERO OF THE "BORN IN BLOOD" SECRET SOCIETY.

MASONS

[Clodia Pulcher]

A DUMB officer is less dangerous to his fellow troops than one that has "questions of character and integrity"... you may actually be able to get the dumb commander of the unit next to you to coordinate fire, communications and movements... but what if you can't trust what he says?

Loved your quote on Taylor!

[Howlin]

Gen. Shelton shocks Celebrity Forum, says he won't support Clark for president
			Posted by Mia T On 09/25/2003 12:31 PM EDT with 25 comments Los Altos Town Crier ^ | 9.25.03 | Mia T
Gen. Shelton: Clark 'won't get my vote'
			Posted by JohnHuang2 On 09/25/2003 3:53 AM EDT with 8 comments WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Thursday, September 25, 2003
Gen. Shelton shocks Celebrity Forum, says he won't support Clark for president
			Posted by jaykay On 09/24/2003 6:32 AM EDT with 182 comments Los Altos online ^ | 09/23/03

[ladtx]

Either one can get you killed. I've served under both types, and one is just as dangerous as the other.