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To: Rascal who wrote (27561)9/14/2003 1:06:15 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 89467
 
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To: Rascal who wrote (27561)9/14/2003 1:31:45 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 89467
 
General Clark gains favor fast in poll

washingtontimes.com

September 14, 2003

<<...Retired Gen. Wesley Clark immediately would become one of the top five candidates for the Democratic nomination if he enters the presidential race, according to the latest Gallup Poll...>>



To: Rascal who wrote (27561)9/15/2003 9:39:36 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 89467
 
Retired General Wesley Clark says, ‘I told you so’

dailystar.com.lb

<<...“Everything I said about Iraq has turned out to be correct,” the retired army general averred in a telephone interview several days ago. He rattled off the concerns he voiced before the invasion: Iraq didn’t pose an imminent threat to the United States; it wasn’t directly linked to the war on terrorism; an invasion might make the terrorism problem worse; there wasn’t an international coalition supporting the war; America had other ways to contain Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
“This has been a root canal,” Clark says of the Iraq campaign. And he warns that the worst may lie ahead: “You could have a catastrophic unwinding of this at virtually any time.”

So are the Bush administration’s troubles in Iraq a boost for Democratic critics of the war such as Clark? Right now it certainly seems so. In last week’s debate, the Democratic candidates were lining up to denounce what they branded a failed policy. And Bush’s somber speech on Iraq over a week ago was all tunnel and no light...>>



To: Rascal who wrote (27561)9/15/2003 10:56:17 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 89467
 
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