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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
- Ephesians 6:12
facelift
reply to post by Wonderer2012
almost as though he wants to say something, but knows the consequences of speaking out again.i]
He probably had this image running through his head the whole time...
You know things are bad when a General can't speak his mind.
facelift
reply to post by Wonderer2012
almost as though he wants to say something, but knows the consequences of speaking out again.i]
He probably had this image running through his head the whole time...
You know things are bad when a General can't speak his mind.
Dustytoad
reply to post by Wonderer2012
Well, that's kind of troubling.
I've never understood what can scare an old man like that.
He's not coming back, that's for sure.
MrSpad
Well what did they want him to say? Yeah I may have exagerated somethings for effect and now that deadline has passed clealy I was wrong? I do know what Clark is taking about, in 2001 a list of countries that had Al Quida cells or had ties to them or could potentialy support them was floating around. Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Lebanon were mentioned on the list. Not Syria or Iran. The nations were not targeted for invasions out right but, to be approached about cooperating and if they did not then the US would use covert or overt means to deal with AQ elements in country. Lebanons camps were purged of AQ, Yemen welcomed US support and strikes against AQ, Libya cooperated, and in Somalia the US began its support of a new goverment backed by US allies in Kenya, Ethiopia and the African Union to remove the AQ threat. Iraq of course was a different story. why we invaded them is still up for debate. At the time Syria and Iran were already cooperating against AQ whom they say saw as a mutual enemy. I am sure Clark while trying to sound interesting in an interview and spice things up a bit did not expect to have people dragging it up years later.