Reply #24: I don't support a shameless opportunist war -profiteer, I support Wes

[dogman]

Clark.
In order:
The first four quotes are from his work as a military analyst and were based on the "conventional wisdom" at the time. As an outsider he would not have knowledge at that time that intelligence was being manipulated in the White House by the VP and his group. Colin Powell was also fed this intel and had gone to the UN with it. Many Americans were in the same position at that time. But look for key words, "I probably wouldn't have made the moves that got us to this point. But just assuming","I think they will be found. There's so much intelligence on this". Much of the rest is reporting what was the news, not his views.
The second two quotes are out of context from an op-ed that set up the arguments that he then dissembled in the rest of the op-ed. This has been covered in these forums in depth.
The WW III statement by Jackson (of Bloody Sunday fame) was reputed by James Rubin who has said that Jackson has since told him it was hyped. Your facts are completely wrong on this matter. There were no warships or planes on the airfield. He had ordered Jackson to block the airfield so Russian planes could not land. He subsequently was able to have Bulgaria deny airspace to the Russians and stop them from dividing Belgrade as they had Berlin after WW II.