Are you suggesting he was incorrect regarding the capture of Saddam?
IOW, Clarke's a scumbag, but if you're going to discredit him, using his predictions regarding Saddam is a poor approach to the argument.
Yes. Are you suggesting that Saddam's capture did not make Iraq safer? Do you really think the natives would have given us intel on Zarqawi's location if Saddam was still "out there somewhere" waiting to be restored to power?