Posted on 06/08/2006 7:57:13 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
June 8, 2006 - 10:37.
Interviewed on ABC's Good Morning America this morning, Richard Clarke - former White House advisor, turned author and bitter Bush-administration critic - scoffed at the significance of the killing of Zarqawi.
GMA: "First question has to be this morning, is it any safer in Iraq and will the war end any sooner?"
Clarke: "Well, unfortunately the answer is no. The man was a terrible man. He was a symbol of terrorism. He was the face of terrorism, the only real name we knew of a [terrorist] leader in Iraq. But he commanded only a few hundred people out of tens of thousands involved in the insurgency. So, unfortunately for the loved ones of troops over in Iraq, this is not going to mean a big difference."
GMA was only too happy to run with Clarke's lead: "He was not the one targeting the most american troops. Those are the I.E.D.'S by other terrorists, right?"
Clarke: "That's right. What we can say about Zarqawi is he was responsible for many of the big attacks on things like the U.N. Headquarters, the Red Cross headquarters, the hotels in Jordan and he personally was involved in beheadings. But in terms of what is making life difficult for American troops, these improvised explosive devices by the side of the road, that really wasn't Zarqawi."
Yet more negative spin from GMA: "For the Iraqi people, as we pointed out earlier, just this morning there was another car bombing in a marketplace in iraq, 19 people dead, more than 40 wounded."
And in perhaps the most negative MSM spin yet, GMA added this: "So for overall terrorism against the U.S., again, it's not a major effect."
A real Clarke-MSM love in, with one mutual goal - downplaying the importance of Zarqawi's death.
Clarke is a worthless and meaningless putz. He's just trotted out to cover the bias in the MSM so they can "pretend" to be fair when, in truth, they are traitors.
Hat tip to FReeper weegee for the heads-up on this item!
Hitler dead. End of German occupation not in sight.
"As Tommy Franks said of Clarke, that man never gave me an ounce of actionable intelligence..."
No wonder--Clarke has no intelligence. Liberalism is a mental disorder and it resides in our Congress.
The MSM/DNC needs to die, now that would make a difference in the WOT.
The Islamic cultists would lose their propaganda arm.
Sir if you have the time....may I ask if you will start collecting these media (unhinged) reports and save them for us...
Wonder what they'll say when Iraq becomes a peaceful country!
Unemployment rate soars, etc.
Richard Clark and Wesley Clark are two different people (probably).
Clarke is scum!
LOL.
Caligula slain by Praetorians. Roman turmoil continues.
Unfortunately we weren't able to behead him on tape and distribute it to the Arab news links.
The naysayers will spin today as meaningless. You will NOTICE no one is saying that Z's death is huge.
The truth is no one knows for sure, but what is sure is that IT CAN'T HURT!! The very least is that there is ONE less beheading homicidal maniac around to do damage. The fact that he was the brains behind Al Qaeda in Iraq is so much the better.
Good find!!!!! I'm sure he'll be on with Russert this Sunday and Timmy-boy will confront him with these quotes and question him about the contradiction!
When Bin Laden said America lacked the will to fight, he must have been thinking of the Democrats. Every day, they prove him right, at least insofar as they themselves are concerned.
I made the same request to Backhoe and Cindy earlier this morning.
We need a full montage of the evil bs trotted out by the MSM maggots in their response to the death of their beloved Z Thug.
Thanks Dave.
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