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| Weasley Has Plan for Catching Bin Laden |
| 2003-11-12 |
| Criticizing President Bush’s efforts, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark says he would press Saudi Arabia to provide commandos to accompany U.S. troops in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders. Clark, a former four-star Army general, says although the Bush administration did the right thing by going after al-Qaida after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, it failed to finish the job it started. Of course, according to Weasley, the WOT is already over. "They still haven’t found Osama bin Laden. And every day, Americans live at risk because of this failure," Clark said in remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday. Clark campaign spokesman Matt Bennett outlined Clark’s speech and 3-point plan for capturing bin Laden hours before the candidate was to deliver the remarks at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. First, Clark said he would pressure Saudi Arabia to contribute to a joint U.S.-Saudi commando force to scour the Afghan-Pakistani border where bin Laden is thought to be hiding. This would only drive them to their buddies in Pakistan. Hasn’t Weasel read history — Geronimo (who was famous for fleeing into Mexico) and all that? Clark said since many of the leaders of al-Qaida come from Saudi Arabia and many of the attacks are aimed at targets in Saudi Arabia, the country has a vested interest in stepping up cooperation with the United States in capturing bin Laden. But instead of ferreting out al-Qaida, the Bush administration has focused its energy and resources on Iraq, Clark said. Maybe because this is a war on Terrorists (in general) and not OBL in particular. "They’ve downplayed more serious threats in other parts of the world," he said. "In fact, it’s been months since Mr. Bush has even mentioned Osama bin Laden. These days, the only name we hear is Saddam Hussein, and the only country we hear about is Iraq." Perhaps because Iraq is now the main battlefield on the WOT..... (Would you have sent your army to S. America to fight WW II?) Second, Clark proposed reassigning some of the intelligence specialists, linguists, and special operations forces now searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction to the hunt for bin Laden. Then, of course, the donks can claim there there are no WMD. No political agenda here... move along.... Third, he said the United States needs to repair relations with allies and friends. Which we are doing. But without ’surrendering’ as Weasel would like. "With his unilateral march into Iraq, President Bush has scorned many of our key allies, preventing the necessary cooperation to destroy al-Qaida," Clark said. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #16 Every time I see Clark open his mouth and Hillary talk, I know why I won't vote for him. This man has a serious rectal/crainial-inversion problem. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-12 9:51:59 PM |
| #15 Why in the HELL would you want to give some I served under Clark, 3rd bde 4th Inf. We didn't do much soldier-type training, but we sure did wash vehicles and march real pretty. Stood around in formation alot, too. 2 years and I didn't qualify with my M16 the entire time, in fact never fired it while stationed there. I trust this guy as a wartime commander as far as I can spit. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-12 9:25:22 PM |
| #14 It would be most helpful to have some Saudi troops along because our troops don't speak Pashtu .... |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-12 7:39:24 PM |
| #13 Hey, Wesley is a smart guy! They don't admit dummies into Star Fleet Academy. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-11-12 4:18:04 PM |
| #12 This is so deep. I'm voting Clark. Wow. Pressure the Saudis, shuffle some folks around some offices, and perform a Lewinsky on Jacques and Gerhard. And this guy was first in his class? Should I be laughing or crying? |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-11-12 4:11:50 PM |
| #11 Okay, we'll need a large net, some dates, and an accordion playing midget... LOL I miss Rube Goldberg. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-12 4:01:40 PM |
| #10 Weasley!? Please don't be dissing Ron and his family, alright? We'd rather not be turned into frogs here. |
| Posted by: Atrus 2003-11-12 1:50:19 PM |
| #9 Saudi Special Forces: That's my cousin, he just looks like Bin Laden. He's not Al Queda. Let him go please. US Special Forces: Sure looks like Bin Laden, but I'll trust you, Saudi Arabia is our friend after all. What about this one eyed guy, looks like Mullah Omar. Saudi Special Forces: That is my sister, we rarely let her out of the burqa. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-12 1:30:43 PM |
| #8 My brilliant cousin Wesley's plans will work perfectly, and he'll catch that nasty Wile E. Coyote Genius |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-11-12 1:14:27 PM |
| #7 So let's get the good general's thoughts in order. We have the best trained special forces units in the world converged on Afganistan (US, Britain, Australia, Germany, Italy, even France), but this is not good enough. What will really put us over the top in finding OBL is a yet untrained unit from Saudi Arabia. How did this dopey fool get an officer's commision let alone four stars?!? |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-11-12 12:38:24 PM |
| #6 Okay, we'll need a large net, some dates, and an accordion playing midget... |
| Posted by: BH 2003-11-12 11:50:05 AM |
| #5 We will paint a fake cave, and when he runs into it we will drop and anvil on his head! I am sorry, but I doubt the CIA has plants in pakistani hospitals, where the leads are going to show up - what consumables are used for kidney dialysis? Those are the things you track. |
| Posted by: flash91 2003-11-12 10:46:34 AM |
| #4 Ah yes, those crack Saudi commandos would be perfect for winter mountain fighting in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2003-11-12 10:27:29 AM |
| #3 "With his unilateral march into Iraq, President Bush has scorned many of our key allies, preventing the necessary cooperation to destroy al-Qaida," Clark said. Who of our "allies", aside from the U.K., was going to help us out? France? Germany? Had UN approval been a requirement to proceed, who really believes that the UN would actually have given its blessing to an action that would have REMOVED Hussein from power? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-12 10:11:09 AM |
| #2 Usual leftist confusion. Someone should ask Clark and others who whine about OBL whether the failure to find Hitler means WWII was a failure. Yes, it would be nice to catch them and fry them, but it's not necessary. Heck, we let the Japanese emperor GO -- does that make the war in the Pacific a failure, to? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-11-12 9:59:32 AM |
| #1 Cause the Soddis are doing so well in their own country? |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-11-12 9:54:47 AM |