This is not a difficult question, provided one knows a little history — General Clark does and opposes intervention in Libya General Clark briefly reviews U.S. military interventions since Vietnam and concludes: We don’t have a clearly stated objective, legal authority, committed international support or adequate on-the-scene military capabilities, and Libya’s politics hardly foreshadow a [...]
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Tagged: Gen. Wesley Clark says Libya doesn't meet the test for U.S. military action, generations, history, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, John McCain, national interest, no-fly zone, objective, paying attention, Qaddafi, Vietnam
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- 12 March 2011 – 17:39
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- By BrainiYak
I’m not alone in thinking that today’s politicians couldn’t find America’s national interest ─ even by stepping out the door into a hurricane wind filled with it Columnist David Ignatius spoke to Lee Hamilton, former Indiana Congressman (D, 1965-1999), former vice president of the 9/11 Commission, and retiring president of the Woodrow Wilson Center: Hamilton [...]
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Tagged: 9/11 Commission, Abraham Linconln, An old-school trick Put country first, compromise, David Ignatius, divided nation, Gettysburg, Lee Hamilton, national interest, Woodrow Wilson Center
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- 16 September 2010 – 09:45
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- By BrainiYak