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To: paleorite
Good thing Clark isn't in charge anymore...

On June 12, 1999, in the immediate aftermath of NATO's air war against Yugoslavia, a small contingent of Russian troops dashed to occupy the Pristina airfield in Kosovo. Clark was so anxious to stop the Russians that he ordered an airborne assault to confront these units-an order which could have unleashed the most frightening showdown with Moscow since the end of the Cold War. Hyperbole? You can decide. But British General Michael Jackson, the commander of the NATO international force K-FOR, told Clark: "Sir, I'm not starting WWIII for you," when refusing to accept his order to prevent Russian forces from taking over the airport.

After being rebuffed by Jackson, Clark, according to various media reports at the time, then ordered the American Admiral James Ellis to use Apache helicopters to occupy the airfield. Ellis didn't comply either. Had Clark's orders been followed, the subsequent NATO-negotiated compromise with the Russians might well have been undermined.

77 posted on 02/17/2008 12:22:43 PM PST by CJ Wolf (To Join or leave the offical Ron Paul 'let freedom' Ping, Freepmail me.)
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To: CJ Wolf

—Good thing Clark isn’t in charge anymore... —

Yup. And to think of all the Dhimmi whackjobs back in 2004 who were pushing for this guy to be POTUS! Almost as scary as Shrillary with a hotflash.


109 posted on 02/17/2008 1:38:02 PM PST by paleorite
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