Clark Attacks Bush Strategy on Terrorism as Mistaken

[robbedvoter]

Clark Attacks Bush Strategy on Terrorism as Mistaken
By EDWARD WYATT
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/23/politics/campaigns/23CAND.html?pagewanted=all
LORENCE, S.C., Dec. 22 — Gen. Wesley K. Clark on Monday blamed "bad leadership" by President Bush for the nation's heightened antiterrorism alert status, saying that it was a "strategic mistake" to shift resources to Iraq from the hunt for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

"A wise leadership would not have put us into Iraq at this time," General Clark told reporters after serving hot meals at Manna House, a nonprofit agency in this city in the northeastern part of the state. "Instead we'd have concentrated on Osama bin Laden."
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"But that doesn't change the reality," General Clark said. "We knew who attacked this country on 9/11 and it was not Saddam Hussein. It was Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network."

"We should have gone after that network and we should have gone after it directly instead of taking half the United States Army and putting it in Iraq and using $150 billion and distracting us from our world leadership in the war on terror," he said. "It was a strategic mistake. I just hope that we'll be able to protect this country and we don't have more Americans who will suffer as a result of the president's bad leadership."

General Clark has proposed spending $40 billion in his first two years in office to improve domestic security. The money, which would come from rolling back Bush tax cuts for people earning more than $200,000 a year, would help police and fire departments pay for equipment and staffing to prepare for attacks.More

[leftchick]

1. Excellent....

Keep hammering away at the moran in chief, Wes!

:loveya:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. this was the reaction for all

and yes it is good to see that ALL the candidates have responded

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Keep up the charge, General!

How come I never hear about this on NPR or CNN? Is the Democratic message only getting through via print media and the internet? Clark has been making some wonderful points about the flawed leadership of Shrub, but I never hear about it-only read it.

[dennis4868]

6. How come I never hear about this on NPR or CNN?

Because the media is sponsoring this presidency! Why would they be negative when their job is to promote Bush and his thugs?

[TacticalPeek]

4. Bad leadership.

Bad leadership.

Bad leadership.

Bad leadership. Bad leadership. Bad leadership. Bad leadership.



Bush is a bad leader, as well as a maker of strategic mistakes.


Bad leadership.

Bad leadership.

Bad leadership.

[MrPrax]

5. Score another for Clark

He should save some of these zingers for the new year...this stuff will get lost in all the Yuletide cheer.

Good to see a Democrat rolling up his sleeves...maybe tap into all that anger in all those planes, trains and automobile 'line-ups'

[smiley_glad_hands]

7. He needs to keep

repeating this. It is the unabridged truth. We as democrats need to keep hammering the media and republicans with the simple facts, and America will respond.

[truthisfreedom]

8. that's perfect. i make less than $200k a year, and i'm satisfied

with his positions on most everything. if we could exchange dean's and clark's momentum and money, we'd have a clear shot at the White House. but no matter WHO is nominated, i say ANYONE BUT BUSH.

[DFLforever]

9. Dean led the charge on this - all the' not safer with Saddam captured'

statements of last week.

but I'm glad to see the general charging in the same direction as well...it's one that could very well win the election next fall.

I wish he hadn't waited on the results of polls however...probably due to his lack of political experience or that band of ex-Clinton advisors around him.

[Debi]

10. Shouldn't the headline read...

Stategery??