Reply #26: Capn, you should know better [View All]

[Tom Rinaldo]

Even in jest you should know better than to dick up that moldy chestnut again. So here's a question for you. Who do you figure Clark feels the deepest loyalty to, the men and women who make up our volunteer Armed Forces that Wes Clark dedicated 34 years of his life to, or the wife of the guy who was in the White House when Clark was N.A.T.O. Commander?

I ask because if there it looks like Clark and Clinton are moving in opposite directions on a key issue; Iran.

No doubt Wes Clark gives Hillary Clinton all due respect but Clark has some some very strong feelings about how to keep us out of a war with Iran that Hillary seems to differ with

Someone posted on another thread a letter that Hillary Clinton sent to a constituent about Iran. A lot of tough talk with a little sweetener about the value of gaining strategic information about your adversaries through discussions. In that letter Clinton used this phase about Iran:

"we should engage with our enemies "


OK, compare Senator Clinton's wording to what Wes Clark wrote during a live blogging session today at Kos with his Diary called:

"Is War with Iran Inevitable?"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/12/122254/478

Clark was asked a question by a kos blogger:

"Short question: do you consider Iran to be an enemy of the United States?"

Clark replied:

"An enemy?

I wouldn't want to be branding people as enemies too soon. That was one of Bush's many mistakes. Iran is a nation we have many disagreements with...and that's why we should be discussing, not sabre rattling."

Do you think Wes Clark is clueless about what Hillary Clinton is saying in public about Iran? I don't think so. Do you think they see eye to eye on Iran? I don't think so. Do you think Wes Clark is likely to paper over those differences and stand aside and allow the United States to be pulled into a war with Iran because he doesn't want to say anything that would hurt Hillary's run for President? I don't think so.