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Gen. Wesley Clarks advice: Get out of Afghanistan!
By Greg in cheeseland
Excerpt:
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark has some advice for Congress: Start planning an exit strategy from Afghanistan.
It is no surprise that Clarks comments have been ignored by the mainstream media. It seems that anyone who speaks out against the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq is marginalized by the corporate media. But if they have credibility, like Gen. Clark, they are totally ignored.
During the Vietnam war, Clark was assigned a position in the 1st Infantry Division and was given command of A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry of the 1st Infantry Division in January 1970. In February, only one month into his command, he was shot four times by a Viet Cong insurgent with an AK-47. After sustaining wounds to his right shoulder, right hand, right hip and right leg, he continued to bark orders and lead a counterattack that defeated the Viet Cong force, earning a silver star.
Clark reminded Congress of the legacy of Vietnam in considering the US strategy in Afghanistan. He reiterated to Congress that President Obama should take time in developing an Afghanistan strategy and said that any troop increase should wait until a firm endgame has been established for U.S. involvement in the country. He said, the legacy of Vietnam really looms over these discussions. Its particularly painful for me to see where we are in Afghanistan.
Although the mainstream media will not listen to Clark or give him any air time, and by extension the American people cannot hear him, we can only hope that members of Congress will listen to him.
Read more here: http://www.examiner.com/x-23316-Madison-Independent-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Gen-Wesley-Clarks-advice-Get-out-of-Afghanistan
By Greg in cheeseland
Excerpt:
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark has some advice for Congress: Start planning an exit strategy from Afghanistan.
It is no surprise that Clarks comments have been ignored by the mainstream media. It seems that anyone who speaks out against the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq is marginalized by the corporate media. But if they have credibility, like Gen. Clark, they are totally ignored.
During the Vietnam war, Clark was assigned a position in the 1st Infantry Division and was given command of A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry of the 1st Infantry Division in January 1970. In February, only one month into his command, he was shot four times by a Viet Cong insurgent with an AK-47. After sustaining wounds to his right shoulder, right hand, right hip and right leg, he continued to bark orders and lead a counterattack that defeated the Viet Cong force, earning a silver star.
Clark reminded Congress of the legacy of Vietnam in considering the US strategy in Afghanistan. He reiterated to Congress that President Obama should take time in developing an Afghanistan strategy and said that any troop increase should wait until a firm endgame has been established for U.S. involvement in the country. He said, the legacy of Vietnam really looms over these discussions. Its particularly painful for me to see where we are in Afghanistan.
Although the mainstream media will not listen to Clark or give him any air time, and by extension the American people cannot hear him, we can only hope that members of Congress will listen to him.
Read more here: http://www.examiner.com/x-23316-Madison-Independent-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Gen-Wesley-Clarks-advice-Get-out-of-Afghanistan
