To: areafiftyone
LOL! Glad Joe is calling him on the carpet for this. Clark is such a liar. His pervarication makes Clinton look like a straight talker.
It's also amazing that it took this long, and it took Drudge, to dig this up. Well, come to think of it...given our lazy-ass press, it isn't so amazing.
I'm so glad that Michael Moore has now seen the light and agrees with preemptive, unilateral action since he's such a advocate for Clark now. But even Clark said that the Iraq war should not be considered preemptive! Man, this guy is all over the map. Shouldn't be trusted.
2 posted on
01/15/2004 12:30:46 PM PST by
Wphile
(Keep the UN out of Iraq)
To: areafiftyone
Stick a fork in Wesly Clark, He's done!
3 posted on
01/15/2004 12:31:29 PM PST by
MJY1288
(WITHOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS, LIBERALS WOULDN'T HAVE ANY !)
To: areafiftyone
Liar,liar,pants on fire!
4 posted on
01/15/2004 12:31:41 PM PST by
MEG33
(We Got Him!)
To: areafiftyone
But, I was consistently against this since the guys from the pentagon told me two weeks after 9/11 we were attacking IraqWes is a loon..
5 posted on
01/15/2004 12:31:58 PM PST by
Dog
(Impersonating Pigpen since 1956)
To: areafiftyone
"There's no requirement to have any doctrine here. I mean this is simply a longstanding right of the United States and other nations to take the actions they deem necessary in their self defense," "Every president has deployed forces as necessary to take action. He's done so without multilateral support if necessary........."And, I want to underscore that I think the United States should not categorize this action as preemptive. Preemptive and that doctrine has nothing whatsoever to do with this problem. As Richard Perle so eloquently pointed out, this is a problem that's longstanding. It's been a decade in the making. It needs to be dealt with and the clock is ticking on this." - Clark, Sept 2002
6 posted on
01/15/2004 12:33:27 PM PST by
expatpat
To: areafiftyone
the only thing old here is a candidate not leveling with the American people. . . and doing things like completely reversing one's position on important issues after being offered a place on the national Democratic ticket. Yeah, Joe, that is old
At least as old as your reversal on school choice after accepting the '00 VP nod . . .
To: areafiftyone
"I think (Saddam's WMD) will be found. Theres so much intelligence on this." -- Wesley Clark
"I think there are some mass destruction capabilities that are still inside Iraq. I think there's some weapons that have been shipped over the border to Syria. But I don't think we're going to find that their capabilities provided the imminent threat that many feared in this country. So I think it's going to be a tough search, but I think there's stuff there." -- Wesley Clark on 6/15/03
"There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat... Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001... He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we." -- Wesley Clark to Congress on September 26, 2002
"Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark said Wednesday he supports a congressional resolution that would give President Bush authority to use military force against Iraq, although he has reservations about the country's move toward war. Clark...endorsed Democrat Katrina Swett in the 2nd District race. He said if she were in Congress this week, he would advise her to vote for the resolution, but only after vigorous debate." -- The Associated Press, 10/9/02
"Certainly theres a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesnt surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I dont have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?" -- Wesley Clark, 2002
"I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been such contacts (between Iraq and al Qaeda). It' s normal. It's natural. These are a lot of bad actors in the same region together. They are going to bump into each other. They are going to exchange information. They're going to feel each other out and see whether there are opportunities to cooperate. That's inevitable in this region, and I think it's clear that regardless of whether or not such evidence is produced of these connections that Saddam Hussein is a threat." -- Wesley Clark to Congress on September 26, 2002
"Can anything be more moving than the joyous throngs swarming the streets of Baghdad? Memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the defeat of Milosevic in Belgrade flood back. Statues and images of Saddam are smashed and defiled...President Bush and Tony Blair should be proud of their resolve in the face of so much doubt. And especially Mr. Blair, who skillfully managed tough internal politics, an incredibly powerful and sometimes almost irrationally resolute ally, and concerns within Europe. Their opponents, those who questioned the necessity or wisdom of the operation, are temporarily silent, but probably unconvinced." -- Wesley Clark in a London Times editorial on 4/10/03
"At the time, I probably would have voted (to give Bush authorization to go to war), but I think that's too simple a question." -- Wesley Clark before he backtracked on this the next day
"I think I've been very consistent...I've been against this war from the beginning. I was against it last summer, I was against it in the fall, I was against it in the winter, I was against it in the spring. And I'm against it now." -- Fox News/Congressional Black Caucus Democrat Candidate Debate, 10/26/03
8 posted on
01/15/2004 12:35:15 PM PST by
Per-Ling
To: areafiftyone
The only thing consistent about Clark is his inconsistency.
Ever notice? Clark has an unusually symmetrical face. Life's funny that way.
To: areafiftyone
12 posted on
01/15/2004 12:37:44 PM PST by
ZGuy
(Walk a mile in a man's shoes before criticizing him so if he gets angry he's a mile away & barefoot)
To: areafiftyone
Stand by .... it looks like almost all the leading candidates are imploding. Who knows what will be revealed before the 'cauci' (or is it 'cockeye'?) on Monday!
To: areafiftyone
"It may come as a surprise to some of his supporters, but Democratic Presidential candidate Wesley K. Clark still hasn't joined the Democratic Party. According to the Pulaski County (Ark.) Voter Registrar's office, the former four-star general remains a registered independent. Even though he has been a declared candidate for the Dem nomination for two weeks now, he has yet to officially change his party affiliation." -- October 1, Businessweek
"And I'm very glad we've got the great team in office, men like Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice... people I know very well - our president George W. Bush. We need them there." -- Wesley Clark, May 11, 2001
"(A)t a conference in Switzerland, (Wesley Clark) happened to chat with two prominent Republicans, Colorado Gov. Bill Owens and Marc Holtzman, now president of the University of Denver. 'I would have been a Republican,' Clark told them, 'if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.'" -- Newsweek, 9/29/03. Clark claimed he was joking, Holtzman says he wasn't
"President George Bush had the courage and the vision... and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship." -- Wesley Clark, May 11, 2001
"We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership." -- Wesley Clark, May 11, 2001
17 posted on
01/15/2004 12:40:49 PM PST by
Per-Ling
To: areafiftyone
Wes has run so far into the fog of the left he can't remember what he's said or didn't say.
18 posted on
01/15/2004 12:40:56 PM PST by
Wheee The People
(If this post doesn't make any sense, then it also doubles as a bump.)
To: areafiftyone
Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier!
21 posted on
01/15/2004 12:42:37 PM PST by
Per-Ling
To: areafiftyone
This was a war we didn't have to fight. It was an elective war. I have said it at almost every opportunity." Is he referring to Kosovo?
23 posted on
01/15/2004 12:44:53 PM PST by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: areafiftyone
"Well, has he ever named the six different positions, Charlie? I meant that's just -- that's old-style politics..." This is just like the classic scene from The Manchurian Candidate with Angela Lansbury and James Gregory.
Gregory plays a befuddled US Senator who is on a hunt for communists in the government. Every day, he makes a wilder pronouncement of the number of communists hiding in the US government, per Lansbury's oreders. One day, he says "Every day you tell me to say another number. I can't keep it all straight. Can't we just pick a number and stick with it?" Lansbury replies: "I want to keep creating the confusion. While they are all tripping over the confusion, they won't pay attention to what is really going on."
I suspect that a lot of that is happening with Clark. His handlers are giving him contradicting marching orders in order to confuse the press and the other candidates so that they won't be paying attention to what is really happening in the wings.
-PJ
To: areafiftyone; Jordan Vandenberg
But, I was consistently There he goes again, using that "consistent" word.
29 posted on
01/15/2004 12:57:45 PM PST by
Shermy
To: areafiftyone
How come when I read this I get "r EEE l n-AAA-z-aleeee and w-IIII-neeee".
33 posted on
01/15/2004 1:05:00 PM PST by
Naspino
(YOU ARE TYPING TOO LOUD!!)
To: areafiftyone
You may not always agree with me but you will always know where I stand. I find Leiberman less annoying than any other Democrat, but the above statement just isn't true. When he was added to the ticket in 2000, he changed his views on partial-birth abortion and vouchers, as I recall, with neck-snapping speed.
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