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2007-10-17 | ||||
The Bush administration wants to bring about a regime change in seven Middle Eastern countries, according to General Six weeks later, when Clark returned to Washington and asked the same general if the invasion of Iraq was still on, the officer said, “‘Oh, it’s worse than that!”
“We screwed up and left Saddam Hussein in power. The president believes he’ll be overthrown by his own people, but I rather doubt it. But we did learn one thing that’s very important. With the end of the Cold War, we can now use our military with impunity. The Soviets won’t come in to block us, and we’ve got five, maybe 10 years to clean up these old Soviet surrogate regimes like Iraq and Syria before the next superpower emerges to challenge us ... We could have a little more time, but no one really knows,” he said.
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Posted by:Fred |
#23 But we did learn one thing thatÂ’s very important. With the end of the Cold War, we can now use our military with impunity. Appears the butcher's bill completely slipped his mind. Interesting insight into the general's thinking. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2007-10-17 19:38 |
#22 I noticed the engineers have him blinking a little more often...musta been a bad relay switch |
Posted by: Frank G 2007-10-17 18:28 |
#21 Clark is such a liar I'm not certian why we are commenting. Might be a good idea but who in their right mind would let Clark in on it? |
Posted by: Icerigger 2007-10-17 18:04 |
#20 These people are businessmen and politicians. By definition they don't have real friends. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-10-17 17:48 |
#19 And Saudi Arabia? After Iran and Syria, Woodrow Flique2473. But it will have to be the next president. The current president's father would never forgive him for being mean to George H. W.'s bosom friends. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-17 17:27 |
#18 And Saudi Arabia? |
Posted by: Woodrow Flique2473 2007-10-17 15:32 |
#17 regime change is nice...but if our politicos had any nutz we would be talking about culture change. Word, B6. This ain't gonna be over until Islam and shari'a are settled squarely on history's scrap heap. |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-17 14:35 |
#16 I saw this putz last week walking around at AUSA. Not sure if anyone actually spoke to him or not. What a weasel. |
Posted by: remoteman 2007-10-17 14:13 |
#15 I'm sure glad this guys wasn't around 2 weeks after Dec 7, 1941. He would have soiled himself. The real men of the Greatest Generation would have given him a sharp kick in the arss. |
Posted by: Intrinsicpilot 2007-10-17 11:52 |
#14 Clark is nothing more than a paper officer that should disappear quietly before his "peers" out him for his complete incompetence during his duty and tours. Especially in Bosnia. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2007-10-17 10:42 |
#13 Wesley Clark? Didn't he play Chachi on Star Trek? |
Posted by: SteveS 2007-10-17 10:31 |
#12 Lebanon, Libya, Somalia and Sudan as well as Iraq, Iran and Syria. One down, six to go. The Syrians were thrown out of Lebanon, and little attempts at re-enty like that which came out of the Palestinian camps have been a failure; only Hizb'allah remains, and they are busily building a Maginot Line of mines and tunnels throughout their territory facing Israel, rendering it ultimately uninhabitable. The mighty Aethiops drove the Islamists out of power in Somalia, and are keeping them out, even at the cost of total chaos. Libya sent us many of their nasty little toys, including the Chinese paperwork. The regime in Sudan is busy, but not terribly effective. Iraq is ours, and getting more so by the day, and Iran and Syria are paying very, very close attention. General Clark doesn't seem to have forgiven President Bush for remaining in the White House instead of retreating as he ought to have done in the face of such magnificence. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-17 10:18 |
#11 The Bush administration wants to bring about a regime change in seven Middle Eastern countries, according to General Wesley ClarkÂ’s new book. Yo, weasel--that's not a bug, it's a feature! |
Posted by: Mike 2007-10-17 10:16 |
#10 Good to see that Wes still looks amazingly lifelike... |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-17 10:12 |
#9 regime change is nice...but if our politicos had any nutz we would be talking about culture change. |
Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-10-17 09:50 |
#8 Meanwhile, the American CIA is hard at work focused upon regime change in the Beltway. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-10-17 09:09 |
#7 Okay, Wes, let me ask you something. Wolfowitz told you this in 1991 and then your best bud Bubba got elected in 1992. So, what happened in those 8 years of inaction, burgeoning Islamic terrorism and safety for those 7 states (well 8 with the Soddys) sponsoring it? Nada. Thats what. In fact, you and Bubba went the other way - you declared war on Serbia who was trying to eradicate their "Islamic" problem (not that I am agreeing with Serbia). Maybe, we need to read some of your memos on that. What ya say? |
Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-10-17 09:07 |
#6 I would list Saudi,Iran,Pakistan and Syria in that order!!!! |
Posted by: Paul 2007-10-17 07:52 |
#5 3 down: Lebanon, Somalia and Iraq. Add #8 Saudi Arabia. |
Posted by: ed 2007-10-17 06:29 |
#4 WINDSOF CHANGE > PATRIOTISM REARS ITS UGLY HEAD YET AGAIN. via THE ATLANTIC - THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN IDEA. Can America = Amerika survive [wid Bill Murray = new Army, ala STRIPES?]??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-17 05:23 |
#3 Iff I remember correctly, this news came out ala PRE-OPER IRAQI FREEDOM. As said or inferred bcak then, 9-11/WOT agz America > Amer accepts subornment to anti-US OWG-SWO/CWO, including as under Radical Islam's GLOBAL ISLAMIST/JIHADIST STATE, etal., or it will be destroyed, which Dubya correctly interpreted as "America either rules the World + future OWG, or America will be destroyed, ergo America chooses/decided to rule the World-OWG". |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-17 03:18 |
#2 To be honest, I AM sick of hearing from the perfumed prince. This is one man who deserves nothing but a nobel peace prize for his inaction in Ruwanda. |
Posted by: newc 2007-10-17 01:07 |
#1 Lebanon, Libya, Somalia and Sudan as well as Iraq, Iran and Syria. One down, six to go. Sadly, not on Bush's remaining watch and not likely at all under any democrat administration. I'd love to see Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on that list but stripping away their satellite proxies would still represent huge progress. Saddest of all is that there isn't a more credible source airing this information. This is the sort of destabilizing propaganda that's needed to put these terrorist pest holes on notice. America needs to read these rogue regimes the riot act. Ever since we rocketed Kadafi's camp and offed some of his family, he's been writing us love letters. We need to makes similar demonstrations of our displeasure throughout the region. |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-17 00:41 |