Capture doesn't sway Clark

[robbedvoter]

Capture doesn't sway Clark
Ex-general stays antiwar course

By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff, 12/17/2003
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/clark/articles/2003/12/17/capture_doesnt_sway_clark/
Shortly after testifying at the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, retired Army General Wesley K. Clark called for a similar trial for Saddam Hussein, but still said he opposes the US intervention that led to Hussein's capture.

"The success of the mission in Iraq, it wouldn't of itself justify that it was . . . a wise decision to undertake at the time," the Democratic presidential candidate said by telephone from the Hague.

"There are any number of things we could do that successful that weren't done," Clark added, pointing out that the United States chose not to intervene against dictators in Liberia and Sierra Leone. "It just so happened that this administration chose to go into Iraq when there was apparently still no evidence of weapons of mass destruction."

Clark, who has staked his candidacy on opposition to the war, has tried in recent days to balance between cheering the capture of Hussein and opposing the US intervention in Iraq.

[Stuckinthebush]

1. So is Lieberman going to come after Clark now?

Good for Clark. Stick to your guns!

[cavebat2000]

2. THank you clark!

All these other people are flip-flopping worse than pancakes! lol.. and kerry said he doesn't do what public opinion says. Haha..

[robbedvoter]

10. NOW? Joe's teeth are stuck in Clark's ankle!

Here's a sample from a few days ago:
http://bestofblogs.forclark.com/story/2003/12/14/131042/70
Besides Zahn asked Clark the Joe question (if it were up to you, saddam would be in power?") My favorite answer was yesterday, when asked by another freeper: "I would have gone after Saddam in a different way, through UN. I'd like to think I'd have had both by now: OBL and Saddam"

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

3. Check out those numbers.

Clark, Dean, and Kerry are "locked in. And they probably didn't have room to alter that," Landy said. "But I think it's a great difficulty for them. The public generally does think that the world is a safer place because Saddam has been captured."

Indeed, a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll of 512 adults, conducted Sunday night, showed that 60 percent of Americans would consider the war worthwhile even if weapons of mass destruction were never found, and 57 percent think Hussein's capture will make it easier to win the war on terror.

I was initially discouraged by these figures; then I realized that's a smaller portion of Americans than the ones who currently believe Saddam was behind 9/11.

[roguevalley]

7. If the public wants to delude itself for a while, fine. It won't change

the reality that nothing is changed by his capture.

[Guaranteed]

13. Those numbers, to me, look the same

as before his capture, anyway. No biggee.

[liberalmuse]

4. Good for him!

He's earned more of my respect by sticking to his guns, especially when a few of our other candidates are trying to bask in the Bush glow of Saddam's capture (big mistake). Smart man. Thank god for Clark, Dean, Kucinich, Mosely-Braun and Sharpton steadfastly and bravely speaking out against this war.

[bhunt70]

5. its easy to stick to your guns when you tell the truth...<nt>

...

[TacticalPeek]

9. Be blunt, bhunt . ;-)

[joefree1]

6. Good for him

Another good man not trying to be Bush-lite.

[truthspeaker]

8. thumbs up for Clark

from this Dean supporter. Keep talking straight, General.

[sonias]

11. Good for Clark!

I agree with previous posters, it's easy to stand your ground when you stick to the truth.

Sonia

[Toucano]

14. I agree with the previous posts too.

Dean and Clark are telling the truth, even if the public is unwilling to accept it.

Kerry, Gephardt and Lieberman are no longer contenders in my book.

[Guaranteed]

12. We shouldn't concede "success" to *, yet, either

No WMD, and they don't even have a government yet. Still many Baathists in power (we're keeping them there), GI's dying every day.

Loooong way to go, folks.


On edit: Btw right on, Clark. Stand fast. You, Dean, Kucinich, are all in the right place.