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Wesley Clark's Conspiracy Theory: Tells Wolf Blitzer about the neoconservative master plan
The Weekly Standard ^ | December 1, 2003 | Matthew Continetti

Posted on 12/01/2003 3:44:05 PM PST by quidnunc

Does Gen. Wesley Clark subscribe to The Weekly Standard? Commentary, maybe? Because he seems to know a lot about, as he puts it, the "neoconservative press." Yesterday on CNN's "Late Edition," for example, Clark said — not for the first time — that the Bush administration's war plans extend far beyond Iraq.

"I do know this," Clark told Wolf Blitzer. "In the gossip circles in Washington, among the neoconservative press, and in some of the statements that Secretary Rumsfeld and Secretary Wolfowitz have made, there is an inclination to extend this into Syria and maybe Lebanon." What's more, Clark added, "the administration's never disavowed this intent."

Well, no. Here's what a senior administration official told the Los Angeles Times's Robin Wright last April: "The lesson of Iraq is not 'Watch out, the U.S. is going to invade.' We're not. . . . Do you think President Bush would do anything to prepare for an election like fight another war? He's not looking for more foreign adventures. We won't get ahead by invading Syria or Iran."

Secretary of State Colin Powell made the same argument when he visited Syria last May. The secretary traveled to Damascus shortly after major combat operations in Iraq had ended, Powell said, in order "to pursue diplomacy and mutual political efforts that both sides can be taking." The reason for the visit? "So the issue of war hostilities is not on the table."

Case closed, right?

Wrong. Clark has made his charge a central plank of his presidential campaign. …

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; clark; conspiracytheory; wesleyclark
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1 posted on 12/01/2003 3:44:06 PM PST by quidnunc
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To: quidnunc
Clark is delusional!
2 posted on 12/01/2003 3:47:25 PM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- OU Sooners are #1)
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To: quidnunc
Bwahahaha!

From the article.

You probably get the flavor of what Wesley Clark is saying, too. It tastes, as THE SCRAPBOOK pointed out three weeks ago, like baloney. And sometimes, as in the case of yesterday's interview with Blitzer, it tastes like three-week-old baloney.

3 posted on 12/01/2003 3:48:08 PM PST by tet68
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To: quidnunc
Can't wait to see him on the stump, eyes bugging out of his head, and talking about how "the JOOOOOOooooos" control everything.
4 posted on 12/01/2003 3:49:55 PM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: quidnunc
Hey I think I wrote that list! I'd be happy to write it again!
5 posted on 12/01/2003 3:50:51 PM PST by thoughtomator (Real Americans have no reason to hyphenate!)
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To: quidnunc
And the problem with taking action in Syria would be ...?

If Clark is right, doesn't it undercut the U.S. to reveal and criticize a future military action?

6 posted on 12/01/2003 3:51:14 PM PST by Williams
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To: quidnunc
Fortunately for our side, most conservatives are familiar with tinfoil hats; how to make them, and how and when to use them. Liberals have yet to learn these important lessons, so they are thrall to the secret emanations of the conspiracy theorists, resulting in the kind of paranoid delusional behavior exhibited here.

Hey, General! Git yer hat on!
7 posted on 12/01/2003 3:52:22 PM PST by MainFrame65
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To: quidnunc
General Confusion
8 posted on 12/01/2003 3:52:45 PM PST by RWR8189
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To: quidnunc
What's more, Clark added, "the administration's never disavowed this intent."

I heard a rumor the US is preparing to invade Canada. And incredibly, they've never disavowed it! Warmongers!

9 posted on 12/01/2003 3:54:14 PM PST by NittanyLion
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To: quidnunc
This guy's full of it. All the "facts" he's been citing are based on rumours and gossips. Wonder how he's made his 4 stars.
I'm sure glad he's no longer running our military.
10 posted on 12/01/2003 4:00:22 PM PST by Justin714
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To: Poohbah
Can't wait to see him on the stump, eyes bugging out of his head, and talking about how "the JOOOOOOooooos" control everything

ALL the Dem candidates have dutifully made this a central plank in their respective platforms. Lieberman included. :)

11 posted on 12/01/2003 4:04:06 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The Clintons have damaged our country. They have done it together, in unison." -- Peggy Noonan)
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To: quidnunc
Strawberries anyone?
12 posted on 12/01/2003 4:04:25 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: quidnunc
Clark said — not for the first time — that the Bush administration's war plans extend far beyond Iraq.

Small potatoes eh, Weasley? Not like going for the gusto and attacking Russia. That would take a real man(iac). Juices, Wes, guard them juices.

13 posted on 12/01/2003 4:08:12 PM PST by ctonious ("Own all nine Bush-Basher Bots! On sale at all DNC outlets!")
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To: billorites
"Even my dog doesn't think I'm a monster."
14 posted on 12/01/2003 4:10:24 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Williams
I would think it might embolden the iranians or syrians to make some provocative moves around the election.
15 posted on 12/01/2003 4:11:59 PM PST by monkeywrench
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To: quidnunc
This man should not be called a general, he is a disgrace, and has a worse temper then psycho Dean..... Now that would be a ticket, "Dean Clark 2004, the absolute cause of the nuclear war!!"
16 posted on 12/01/2003 4:13:10 PM PST by Porterville (We are watching you liberal scum, soon we will take your welfare check, then we will take your home)
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To: quidnunc
If the administration felt the need to "disavow" all the nonsense Wesley dreams up, they'd have to hire a full time Senior Administrative Disavower.
17 posted on 12/01/2003 4:14:36 PM PST by Califelephant
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To: Porterville
...Dean Clark 2004

Dick's brother?

18 posted on 12/01/2003 4:29:02 PM PST by Always Right
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To: Williams
And the problem with taking action in Syria would be ...?

No kidding. Add Iran to the list.

The place has been a mess for years, sorely in need of some responsible adult leadership.

Actually, the whole area's situation reminds me of a 3 or 4 year old day care class - out of control.

LVM

19 posted on 12/01/2003 4:55:02 PM PST by LasVegasMac (Thunder was his engine and White Lightning was his load....)
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To: Porterville
Couldn't you visualize these two nut cases going at one another. You'd have Clark trying to sink his highly polished nails into the rubicund spittle-laced face of a rabid Howard Dean while Dean was trying to bite through Clark's emaciated shin. Clark would scream "Marxist", while Dean would be questioning Clark's fascist credentials. And somewhere back in the wings, the politically invisable Mss. Clark and Dean would be trying to punch each other out.

Shakespearean tragedy? Hardly. But anything is possible now that the Democrats have proved that their politics is, above all, A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
20 posted on 12/01/2003 4:56:12 PM PST by gaspar
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