It's somewhat ironic that Wesley Clarke would be heading the campaign to not be bellicose towards Iran though. I always remember a tale from Kosovo where in 2000 the Russians landed at Pristina Airport and Clarke ordered General Sir Mike Jackson - who was K-For's British commander at the time - to engage them. Apparently Jackson said words to the effect of "I'm not starting World War III for that ****" and ignored the order.
Friday, March 02, 2007
StopIranWar.com?
General Wesley Clarke has launched a campaign wesbite called stopIranWar.com. I guess I missed the memo because I don't recall such a war starting.
I don't personally buy the line that there will be a "war" in Iran as such. I do expect some missiles to fly around at some point this year but my money is still on Israel doing it rather than the US directly.
It's somewhat ironic that Wesley Clarke would be heading the campaign to not be bellicose towards Iran though. I always remember a tale from Kosovo where in 2000 the Russians landed at Pristina Airport and Clarke ordered General Sir Mike Jackson - who was K-For's British commander at the time - to engage them. Apparently Jackson said words to the effect of "I'm not starting World War III for that ****" and ignored the order.
It's somewhat ironic that Wesley Clarke would be heading the campaign to not be bellicose towards Iran though. I always remember a tale from Kosovo where in 2000 the Russians landed at Pristina Airport and Clarke ordered General Sir Mike Jackson - who was K-For's British commander at the time - to engage them. Apparently Jackson said words to the effect of "I'm not starting World War III for that ****" and ignored the order.
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Good tale, Dizzy.
If Clarke was that hard, he should have had a go himself.
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