Democratic Presidential candidate Clark Criticizes Bush's Foreign Policy [View All]

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Democratic Presidential Candidate Clark Criticizes Bush Foreign Policy
Jenny Falcon
New York
21 Nov 2003, 02:39 UTC

 

AP
Wesley ClarkDemocratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark outlined his foreign policy vision in a blistering attack on the Bush administration.

If he were elected president, the former NATO Commander says he would rebuild alliances abroad and use military force only as a last resort.

General Clark says the use of pre-emptive force in Iraq has defined President Bush's national security strategy and has isolated the nation.

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Most of his speech was devoted to his call for the creation of a new Atlantic Charter between the United States and its European allies to stress cooperation in combating the threats of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. The Atlantic Charter was a statement of principles between former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill before the United States entered World War Two.

In addition to lashing out at Bush administration policy in Iraq, Mr. Clark described U.S. policy in Afghanistan as a series of "half-measures."