Clark: I would have had Osama bin Laden...

Posted By Blackfive

Just to prove what an arrogant sh-thead he is, Wesley Clark said the following to his supporters:

"If I'd been president, I would have had Osama bin Laden by this time," Clark said at a news conference in Concord, New Hampshire, where he was campaigning for votes in the nation's first primary, January 27.

"I would have followed through on the original sentiment that the president gave us -- Osama bin Laden, dead or alive.

"Instead, he executed a bait-and-switch. He took the priority off Osama bin Laden. He shifted the spotlight onto Saddam Hussein."

Didn't Clark make a statement supporting action against Iraq just before the war started? Does this man's ego know no bounds? What? Would he have invaded Pakistan and lost our only real ally in the region? Would he have almost started World War III like the Brit Brigadier accused him of trying to do in Kosovo?

Then Clark says this:

"I'll put my 34 years of defending the United States of America, and the results that I and my teammates in the United States armed forces achieved, against his three years of failed policies any day," said Clark, who was NATO supreme commander during the 1999 air campaign in Kosovo.

He added, "We've got a president who will go halfway around the world for a photo opportunity but won't go halfway across town for a funeral for an American serviceman.

"I've been to those funerals. I've comforted families. ... I don't think you can make good policy at the top if you don't understand the impact at the bottom of your organization."

Anyone know how many funerals Clark has been to or for whom? He wasn't at the two KIA funerals that I went to over the last six months. If you look at presidencies throughout this century, you'll see that they tend not to visit funerals. (A blogger covered this, but I can't remember who - comment or email me if you know - UPDATE: I found it. It was Dean Esmay and John Cole). Imagine trying to properly grieve for a loved one with a presidential motorcade and security team taking away attention from what was important.

Next, he goes back to the hunt for Osama:

While congratulating U.S. forces for capturing Saddam from "that snake hole in the ground," Clark said he "can't understand why the president hasn't devoted the same energy and resources to going after al Qaeda that he did to going after Iraq."

"Right now, having captured Saddam, the right course for the country is to redirect our energies and capture Osama bin Laden, now. We've got momentum, now," he said.

"It's a question of presidential will. If the president will show the will, I'm confident our armed forces will find a way to take him."

Thanks for your confidence, Wesley.

My father was over at my place last night. He likes Clark. I told him that if he knew any military person that personally knew Clark, wasn't currently connected to Clark's campaign and was going to vote for him, to have them call me. Just to prove it. Most senior (former) military people that I know who knew Clark, hate him. I mean, really HATE him. Ultimate loathing, scorn and disregard for him.

Update: Someone suggested that this post of mine from September nails Wesley Clark pretty well.

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Clark: I would have had Osama bin Laden...

Just to prove what an arrogant sh-thead he is, Wesley Clark said the following to his supporters:

"If I'd been president, I would have had Osama bin Laden by this time," Clark said at a news conference in Concord, New Hampshire, where he was campaigning for votes in the nation's first primary, January 27.

"I would have followed through on the original sentiment that the president gave us -- Osama bin Laden, dead or alive.

"Instead, he executed a bait-and-switch. He took the priority off Osama bin Laden. He shifted the spotlight onto Saddam Hussein."

Didn't Clark make a statement supporting action against Iraq just before the war started? Does this man's ego know no bounds? What? Would he have invaded Pakistan and lost our only real ally in the region? Would he have almost started World War III like the Brit Brigadier accused him of trying to do in Kosovo?

Then Clark says this:

"I'll put my 34 years of defending the United States of America, and the results that I and my teammates in the United States armed forces achieved, against his three years of failed policies any day," said Clark, who was NATO supreme commander during the 1999 air campaign in Kosovo.

He added, "We've got a president who will go halfway around the world for a photo opportunity but won't go halfway across town for a funeral for an American serviceman.

"I've been to those funerals. I've comforted families. ... I don't think you can make good policy at the top if you don't understand the impact at the bottom of your organization."

Anyone know how many funerals Clark has been to or for whom? He wasn't at the two KIA funerals that I went to over the last six months. If you look at presidencies throughout this century, you'll see that they tend not to visit funerals. (A blogger covered this, but I can't remember who - comment or email me if you know - UPDATE: I found it. It was Dean Esmay and John Cole). Imagine trying to properly grieve for a loved one with a presidential motorcade and security team taking away attention from what was important.

Next, he goes back to the hunt for Osama:

While congratulating U.S. forces for capturing Saddam from "that snake hole in the ground," Clark said he "can't understand why the president hasn't devoted the same energy and resources to going after al Qaeda that he did to going after Iraq."

"Right now, having captured Saddam, the right course for the country is to redirect our energies and capture Osama bin Laden, now. We've got momentum, now," he said.

"It's a question of presidential will. If the president will show the will, I'm confident our armed forces will find a way to take him."

Thanks for your confidence, Wesley.

My father was over at my place last night. He likes Clark. I told him that if he knew any military person that personally knew Clark, wasn't currently connected to Clark's campaign and was going to vote for him, to have them call me. Just to prove it. Most senior (former) military people that I know who knew Clark, hate him. I mean, really HATE him. Ultimate loathing, scorn and disregard for him.

Update: Someone suggested that this post of mine from September nails Wesley Clark pretty well.

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