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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:03 AM
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I had a vision that Wes Clark was the president
The General was in complete control of the situation.

He had pre-positioned a fleet of cruise ships in the event that NOLA flooded.

Since the war on Iraq was over and troop withdrawal had begun, President Clark had already brought home many of the National Guardsmen. They were eager to lend assistance to the devestated areas.

Clark and a small team comprised of members of his cabinet have established a command center in the President's home state of Arkansas.

He has instructed his cabinet to draw up plans to assess the best way to feed and clothe the refugees, while determining the best permanent housing options.

The President is deeply troubled that he was not able to undo the damage of the Bush cuts in FEMA and the damage caused by those cuts.

When asked to comment on the hurricane and the President's handling of the crisis, ex-president George Bush, whose trial is just beginning at The Hague said, "doesn't that guy ever take a vacation?" His cellmate Dick Cheney had no comment.

I can dream, can't I

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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:05 AM
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1. i love your dream!
if only............
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DemExpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:09 AM
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2. I keep thinking about Wes Clark too these past few days....
DemEx
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CarolNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:11 AM
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3. Nice dream...aw, what could have been n/t
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justabob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:15 AM
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4. Great dream
It made me cry. Clark would be all over this and know exactly what to do and who to call to make it happen. Not only would he not be galavanting around the country with cake and fundraisers spewing bs. He wouldn't sleep, would be very involved in every aspect and things would be very different than they are now. *sigh*
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:16 AM
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5. Any of the Dem presidents; Clinton, Gore or Kerry would
have done the same. But, yes! Wes rocks.
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never_get_over_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:32 AM
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8. I'm not convinced that he rocks
he was on The Majority Report last night criticizing setting a date to get out of Iraq. I don't know all the details but what I heard concerned me a great deal.
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CarolNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:58 AM
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13. yep,
He wants us out of there but he has said numerous times that he is against proposing a timeline. He thinks it will make things worse rather than better. And, if he thinks the idea is wrong, you're just not going to get him to say it is right just because saying so is politically expedient.

Here's a bit of an answer he gave in an interview in Wisconsin, BTW:

Bump: So would you support (Wisconsin U.S. Senator) Russ Feingold’s suggestion of a timeline for troop withdrawal?

Clark: First of all, I like Russ Feingold, he’s a hell of a good guy, smart as a whip, and I really empathize with the feelings that are behind that resolution. But I wouldn’t want the United States right now to set a hard and fast exit timeline; because I think it takes away from our ability to maneuver strategically and diplomatically.

But I would say this, if the president can’t create a winning strategy in Iraq, then we need to get our troops out of there. The president this far has not succeeded in creating a winning strategy in Iraq.

More here: http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=43263
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CarolNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:17 AM
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6. bury, I liked this vision so much...
I imported your post over to CCN (Clark's blog)...I hope you don't mind. :)

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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:17 AM
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11. of course I don't mind
I need to check into his blog. Thanks.
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CarolNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:51 AM
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12. Here's the link..
to the post I made...
http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/255
which links back to this thread. :)
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:27 AM
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7. Clark would have never gone into Iraq
and yes, he would have been right on top of the diaster in the gulf, but his solution for Iraq now that we are there I am very skeptical about. Yes, diplomacy with the neighboring countries is not a bad way to go, but unfortunately I think it is now too late for that. We are now a catalyst for the anger that is occurring in that area, and the longer we stay the more Americans will get killed, and the closer we will be to civil war. After Hussein was overthrown, the UN recommended that they take over, and the bush administration would NOT let them. It is too late now. Unless in a VERY short time you can establish a diplomatic agreement with all the countries in that area, we need to get out of there


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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:56 AM
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9. In Roman history there was military leader that had
to take control of the government and restore the democratic republic. Maybe Wes will be that man. I keep meaning to reread my Roman history. There are significant parallels.

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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 07:59 AM
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10. Yesterday I posted
that maybe he could come out of retirement. We could use a 4 Star General like him at the moment.

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HootieMcBoob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 10:46 AM
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14. I like that kind of vision too
a nice :kick: and recommend for the greatest page :)
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