If history serves as a means of avoiding past mistakes, these facts should be considered regarding why General Wesley Clark should or should not be president based on the history of past presidents who were generals, their party affiliation and notable deeds or misdeeds. George Washington was general of the American armies because he was chosen by the Continental congress. He was helped, with the assistance of French troops and warships, to secure our national independence from the British crown. He did not have the ability to destroy Lord Cornwallis but he was able to run him out of supplies...