Clark isn't fit to be president, but at least he's telling the truth for
once...
Clark: Iraq war used to settle score
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN
The Nashua Telegraph
CONCORD – The attack against Iraq had nothing to do with terrorism, but was
the work of military leaders in the Bush administration with a long score
to settle, retired Gen. Wesley Clark charged Wednesday.
The Democratic presidential candidate predicted that poor planning and the
cost of the Iraq war aftermath would lead to a political realignment, since
Americans no longer see Republicans as more trustworthy on national
security issues.
“The legacy of Vietnam will be put to rest by the legacy of Iraq,” Clark
said during remarks at the New Hampshire Political Library.
Clark said a memo from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld soon after the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington was a foreshadowing of
the effort to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
“It is a world-class bait and switch,” Clark told reporters.
CBS News and The Philadelphia Daily News have reported Rumsfeld wrote a
memo five hours after the terrorist attacks that ordered up intelligence on
whether it could be used to “hit S.H.,’’ referring to Saddam.
“Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not,” the memo said,
according to those reports.
Republican State Committee spokeswoman Julie Teer said this is another
example of Clark’s bid to peel away from the anti-war base in the
Democratic Party.
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