US becoming a colonial power: Wesley Clark [BARKS]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com ^ | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2003

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

US becoming a colonial power: Wesley Clark

PTI[ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2003 09:08:56 AM ]

WASHINGTON: The United States is well on its way to becoming a colonial power if President George W Bush does go ahead with plans to attack Iraq, a former Nato supreme commander said on Sunday.

General Wesley Clark, a former Nato supreme commander and a potential Democratic candidate for president, told a Meet the Press programme on NBC that Saddam Hussein was "finished" and having gone so far, the US could not change its plans to remove him.

"We are at a turning point in America's history. We are about to embark on an operation that is going to put us in a colonial position in the Middle East following Britain It is a huge change for the American people and what this country stands for, he said.The Bush administration, he said, has not respected its allies and that is why it finds itself without the support of many Nato allies and even in those countries prepared to support the, public opinion is against the war. , could have been contained without war, he said.

Clark also warned against a civil war in after the present regime is removed because of the ethnic and religious divisions in the country--Kurds in the north, Shiites who constitute the majority in the country, and Sunnis who now wield power.

[conservativecorner]

He has one hell of a nerve talking about "Elective surgery" on Iraq when he was in charge of the military for Kosovo!!

[Redleg Duke]

Clark is a joke, in very poor taste...told in mixed company.

[eno_]

Some people enter public "service" mainly to do damage. Clark is one of these.

[snooker]

Clinton's lap dog general squeaks loudly.

What did these people do in the previous administation but cause the problems we have now.

and we should care what they say now ... I think not.

snooker

[Frances_Marion]

"I would have thought Clark's escapade into the Balkans placed us on the road to colonialism. Oh that's right the troops were to be back in 18 months. I must have missed their return.

LOL! I don't see how anyone who knows this guy's history can take him seriously.

[eleni121]

Liberation theology, once a monopoly of the religious/communist left, has been hijacked by George W. Bush.

This is really totally fantastic! Sooo right on!

Now let us see how liberation theology applied politically and militarily plays out in the real world.

[Leisler]

Well, I didn't go to West Point and was never a general, but I seem to remember something about the Philippines, Guam, Yangtze River Boats, Cuba, etc. Maybe it was another country that ran them...