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Averting the Next Gulf War (Wesley Clark)
Washington Monthly ^ | April 2007 Issue | Wesley Clark

Posted on 03/17/2007 9:22:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The troop “surge” in Iraq is also a signal to Iran—but stopping Tehran’s nukes for good will require a different kind of leverage.

The world seems headed for a showdown in the Middle East within the next two years over the issue of Iranian nuclear capacity. The stakes are high. On the one hand, there is the emergence of a new nuclear power, whose rhetoric and revolutionary record seem to pose an existential threat to Israel and challenge centuries of Sunni dominance of Islam. On the other hand, there is an explosive set of potential military actions and economic repercussions, which could begin with a sustained air and naval campaign and end with massive economic and political upheavals. The environment is emotionally charged, too, with a triumphalist Iranian government, a failing U.S. military intervention in Iraq, a weakened U.S. president, and severe tensions between Sunni and Shia sects throughout Islam. Heading into a presidential election—and the end of the Bush administration—the ramifications of all this make Democrats, and anyone else seriously forecasting global trends and economic forces, more than a little concerned. Major news magazines like Newsweek and the Economist have featured Iran as the next major crisis.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonmonthly.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: army; bosnia; democrats; electionpresident; georgewbush; gop; iran; nato; nuclearweapons; presidentbush; syria; wesleyclark; wmds
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General Clark urges us to "immediately open an unconditional dialogue" with "Iran and Syria" and resume "economic relationships, and a regional security structure—that may be necessary for Iran to see the overwhelming advantages of giving up its nuclear weapons programs." How in the world (besides Clinton being the president at the time) did this man gain four stars in the Army of the United States?
1 posted on 03/17/2007 9:22:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Try to imagine Wesley Clark as our next Secretary of Defense.


2 posted on 03/17/2007 9:23:59 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: sageb1

Please, I just ate! Corned beef, potatoes, cabbage and soda bread cooked by my Irish fiance...


3 posted on 03/17/2007 9:26:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Newt Gingrich/John Bolton 2008)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Perhaps he got 4th star when he was in charge at Waco under Gen. Reno


4 posted on 03/17/2007 9:27:17 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Duncan Hunter '08 Tough on WOT & Illegals)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have a corned beef dinner waiting for me in the microwave (home-cooked by hubby). I won't say another word. ;)


5 posted on 03/17/2007 9:27:55 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: sageb1
Try to imagine Wesley Clark as our next Secretary of Surrender
6 posted on 03/17/2007 9:28:28 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

And Dennis Kucinich as "Secretary of Peace!"


7 posted on 03/17/2007 9:29:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Newt Gingrich/John Bolton 2008)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We've been waiting for Ashley Wilkes to weigh in on Iran.


8 posted on 03/17/2007 9:30:23 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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How in the world (besides Clinton being the president at the time) did this man gain four stars in the Army of the United States?

It was exactly because of Clinton.

He was appointed Commander of NATO.

He then was relieved of command and forced to retire because he disobeyed orders. Others who disobeyed orders were courtmartialed, he wasn't because of Clinton.

9 posted on 03/17/2007 9:31:41 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: Dan(9698)

Please tell us more, I'm not fully up-to-speed on General Clark's background.


10 posted on 03/17/2007 9:34:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Newt Gingrich/John Bolton 2008)
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To: sageb1

U spellt weezelly cluck rong !!...;0)


11 posted on 03/17/2007 9:35:22 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

Did this guy fall on his head somewhere? Whatever happened to him in NATO?


12 posted on 03/17/2007 9:37:19 PM PDT by jackofhearts
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Weasel Clark is an idiot. He wanted to attack Russian peacekeepers.

In Waging Modern War, General Clark wrote about his fury upon learning that Russian peacekeepers had entered the airport at Pristina, Kosovo, before British or American forces. In the article "The guy who almost started World War III," (Aug. 3, 1999), The Guardian (U.K.) wrote, "No sooner are we told by Britain's top generals that the Russians played a crucial role in ending the West's war against Yugoslavia than we learn that if NATO's supreme commander, the American General Wesley Clark, had had his way, British paratroopers would have stormed Pristina airport, threatening to unleash the most frightening crisis with Moscow since the end of the Cold War."

"I'm not going to start the third world war for you," General Sir Mike Jackson, commander of the international KFOR peacekeeping force, is reported to have told Gen. Clark...

13 posted on 03/17/2007 9:38:08 PM PDT by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
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I am sure you can find a lot about him.

It isn't Politically Correct to point out that he was relieved of command, but I am sure you can find out why if you search.

I do not know the details off the top of my head, but it has something to do with the Bosnian thing, which was done by NATO.

I would have to search, so it is "an excersize left to the students."


14 posted on 03/17/2007 9:40:48 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: Dan(9698); 2ndDivisionVet

Before Clark ran for the nomination he was asked by Crissy Matthews on his show why he was relieved of command, Clark about had a heart attack. He finally said he just retired early. It was hilarious.


15 posted on 03/17/2007 9:45:38 PM PDT by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lets talk to Hitler first


16 posted on 03/17/2007 9:47:46 PM PDT by woofie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wikipedia says it was a "normal Military Reassignment."

It did not come at the end of the normal time from when he became MATO Commander, so you can figure out for yourself that if he left the command before normal, was he "relieved of Command" (bad bad) or if he was just "reassigned" by the guys over him.

Wikipedia can be Left Wing.

17 posted on 03/17/2007 9:49:29 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In 1994 during the Bosnian War when Clark was still a 3 star general he met with one of the Bosnian Commanders/War Criminals against State Department orders. He was sent there to represent the Joint Chiefs and was ordered not to meet with anyone suspected of war crimes. The man he met with was Ratko Mladic, suspected of various war crimes and current fugitive of the UN.


18 posted on 03/17/2007 9:58:43 PM PDT by RWCC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Weasly needs to get his grits reordered in some D.C. Restaurant bathroom..


19 posted on 03/17/2007 10:02:38 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wesley Clark is a two faced liar.

No point in reading a word he says.


20 posted on 03/17/2007 10:30:50 PM PDT by DB
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