[Jacob Kell]

From what I heard, Clark was discharged because he kept going over Sec. of Defense Cohen's head one too many times. I think that maybe he had orders from the Pentagon and NATO to resolve the situation with the Russians as quickly and effectively as possible. I don't think that Pentagon or NATO command specifically ordered him to attack them. Indeed, I don't think they would have wanted him to attack, because then the relationship with Moscow would have been damaged even more.

[dts32041]

President Clark?

Now that Wesley Clark is an official candidate for president, people are naturally asking what a Clark presidency would be like. Reader Igor Yagonitser writes to tell us there has already been a President Clark:

As fans of the sci-fi show "Babylon 5" will tell you, President Clark was the guy who had then-President Santiago assassinated, formed a KGB-like organization called the Ministry of Peace, with a militant Gestapo-like brigade called the Nightwatch (they even wore arm-bands), and put Earth under martial law. The news networks were then dismantled and closed down, but when they "re-opened" all they talked about was how great it was under martial law--the silver lining was that it greatly reduced street crime.

All Hail President Clark!

According to this page, however, "President Clark committed suicide in 2261 at the close of the Earth Alliance Civil War, almost exactly three years after arranging the death of his predecessor." There's no word on President Clark's views of gays in the military.

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