remember that Wes Clark conspiracy theory?

[robbedvoter]

Media Silent on Clark's 9/11 Comments

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/062103A.shtml
Friday 20 June 2003
Gen. says White House pushed Saddam link without evidence
Sunday morning talk shows like ABC's This Week or Fox News Sunday often make news for days afterward. Since prominent government officials dominate the guest lists of the programs, it is not unusual for the Monday editions of major newspapers to report on interviews done by the Sunday chat shows.
But the June 15 edition of NBC's Meet the Press was unusual for the buzz that it didn't generate. Former General Wesley Clark told anchor Tim Russert that Bush administration officials had engaged in a campaign to implicate Saddam Hussein in the September 11 attacks-- starting that very day. Clark said that he'd been called on September 11 and urged to link Baghdad to the terror attacks, but declined to do so because of a lack of evidence.
Here is a transcript of the exchange:
CLARK: "There was a concerted effort during the fall of 2001, starting immediately after 9/11, to pin 9/11 and the terrorism problem on Saddam Hussein."
RUSSERT: "By who? Who did that?"
CLARK: "Well, it came from the White House, it came from people around the White House. It came from all over. I got a call on 9/11. I was on CNN, and I got a call at my home saying, 'You got to say this is connected. This is state-sponsored terrorism. This has to be connected to Saddam Hussein.' I said, 'But--I'm willing to say it, but what's your evidence?' And I never got any evidence."
Clark's assertion corroborates a little-noted CBS Evening News story that aired on September 4, 2002. As correspondent David Martin reported: "Barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, the secretary of defense was telling his aides to start thinking about striking Iraq, even though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks." more....

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. I remember that very well. Looks like Clark is...

...vindicated in a major way.

[Sliverofhope]

2. yet another dot in need of connecting

Will the media do it? It would be a nice dream, wouldn't it?

[Carni]

3. Yes I do and thought of it immediately

When I watched Clarke on 60 minutes Sunday,

Clarke, Clark and O'Neill are all stating the same thing...
and if you'll note even that odious Uncle Festeresque Armitage didn't have a hell of a lot of denials about bushco wanting to attack Iraq instead of AQ after 911, in fact he basically confirmed it in a non-committal way.

[BootinUp]

4. There is a lot of things

R. Clarke was saying that I first heard from Wes. Me thinks they have talked before. :shrug:

Remember Wes was really the first to implicate the Pres as not doing everything he could before 9/11 too.

Many of Wes ideas on how to do a better job on the WOT sounded exactly the same as R. Clarke today.


imagine that. :)