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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (494472)	11/17/2003 7:58:20 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 769670

truthout.org Bush policy DEFEATED.... CC

To: tejek who wrote (494472)	11/17/2003 8:02:27 PM
From: jim-thompson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Democrap wannabe General Clark is not very well liked by his fellow officers. Seems like there is a problem with integrity and trust. Snagged this off the US News and World Report magazine site. Why Can't Generals Just Get Along? When at a forum in September, retired Gen. Hugh Shelton was asked if he would support retired Gen. Wesley Clark for president, Shelton, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, quickly took a drink of water. "That question makes me wish it were vodka," Shelton said. "I've known Wes for a long time. I will tell you the reason he came out of Europe early had to do with integrity and character issues, things that are very near and dear to my heart. I'm not going to say whether I'm a Republican or a Democrat. I'll just say Wes won't get my vote." Which was bad enough, but on November 6, retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf appeared on CNBC's Capital Report, hosted by Gloria Borger and Alan Murray, who asked him what he thought of Clark. "I think the greatest condemnation against him . . . came from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when he was a NATO commander. I mean, he was fired as a NATO commander," Schwarzkopf replied, "and when Hugh Shelton said he was fired because of matters of character and integrity, that is a very, very damning statement, which says, `If that's the case, he's not the right man for president,' as far as I'm concerned." Shelton has refused to expand on his remarks, and Schwarzkopf isn't providing details, either. So Clark was understandably miffed when he responded on the campaign trail the next day: "I haven't talked to General Schwarzkopf since 1991, when I interviewed him in his headquarters about what he liked and didn't like about the Army. He left the Army shortly after that; haven't seen him in 12 years. He didn't ask me anything about it. So he's certainly entitled to his opinion, but I think America should hold people to a high standard."

To: tejek who wrote (494472)	11/17/2003 8:39:22 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Gee! Codpiece keeps telling us that his coalition is doing great things in Iraq...but Japan now dragging feet on sending troops, Turkey says get back to you later...and now it appears that the Italians are starting to wise up... Italian official resigns, criticizes coalition authority; more Americans killed in Iraq TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) — An Italian member of the U.S.-led coalition has resigned, accusing L. Paul Bremer's administration of inefficiency and failing to understand Iraq — sharp criticisms that raise questions about the authority's ability to carry out the delicate task of transferring power to Iraqis. U The allegations by Marco Calamai, a special counselor of the Coalition Provisional Authority in the southern province of Dhi Qar, came as Russia and France criticized the U.S. timetable for handing over power to the Iraqis by July 1. Rising casualties added new urgency to the task. Two more American soldiers died Monday in separate attacks north of Baghdad, one in an ambush on a patrol, the other by a roadside bomb.