Reply #114: I happen to agree with that quote. [View All]

[Sopianae]

He always said that Saddam was a threat and the US needed to do something. He always maintained this and added that it wasn't an imminent threat and war should always be a last resort. You just forgot to include the rest where he said that we should wait, work through diplomacy and build a coalition and so on. Perle himself noted that he thought that Clark just didn't want to act on this. That was Perle's interpretation. They were clearly on different sides. Btw, this is the testimony Clark supporters bring up to illustrate his stance against the war.

As for the Balkan wars, I agree with him completely. My only beef is that the west should have acted earlier. Thousands of more lives could have been saved.