Reply #16: He's growing [View All]

[andym]

I think Clark as intelligent as he is, is also
a bit naive in the 50ish sort of way: he seems to
want to think well of people and his country,
and being used to thinking in a non-partisan way,
it probably was difficult for him to imagine
that the President would act in a manner that did
not benefit the country, but rather the President's
political agenda.

I think it was his own sense that something was terribly wrong
with the way foreign policy was being conducted that
led him to seek the Presidency.

His understanding is growing, as he begins to connect
the dots. Being privy to some of the unilaterist grandiose ideas that
some military planners embraced at the Pentagon, and now
realizing that this set of ideas is actually being implemented,
logically lead him to question the President in ways that most
citizens, and especially ex-military brass would never do. And being
intelligent, he may now see the outline of what is happenning
as clearly as anyone.

This is a very good thing for our country, because this will
resonate with Americans who might not otherwise come to these
conclusions themselves.