[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...

[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.

[Southack]

"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..."

The Democrats keep acting as though they still have full control over all national news (as in, that they could keep Clark's Kosovo/Waco dirt buried while creating a new image for him).

...And they keep losing elections, so who am I to set them straight?!

[okie01]

I will hazard a guess as to how a general officer so widely mistrusted by his peers could advance to so high a station as General 'Wes' Clark: Waco. The commander of First Cav did as he was told, via back channels, by the then C-in-C.

That earned him a role as "favorite" in the Clinton administration. Clark, perhaps, even knew a little more than he "should". Thus, the rapid escalation to SACEUR.

And while NATO commander in Brussels, Clark got another request from his then C-in-C: "Do me a favor and promote this Kosovo thingie, Wes. I've got some heat to deal with over here in the States -- an impeachment, a little corruption, maybe some treason and a even a rape charge, y'know. Lemme tell ya, I could stand a media distraction. Why doncha ratchet up some of those atrocity charges -- CNN, those folks, they'll lap it up -- and see if we can't get ourselves into a little war over there. You can run the deal, Wes...get all the glory, that's what you guys want, isn't it?"

So, can it be any wonder that his colleagues hate his guts? I sure do. And I don't even know him...

Clark is one puppet who is truly a martinet...