Wes Clark's 21st Century Definition of Leadership

[Clarkie1]

In the 1830s a British minister said this:
"We have no permananent friends only permanent interests"

100 years later (Russia, 1998), "Russia has no permanent friends, only permanent interests."

"That's 19th century balance of power politics. In an interdependent world, we can't live that way. We must turn that axiom upside down. In the United States and the world today we have permanent friends and we must make our interests converge. That's the task of leadership." -Wes Clark.

I wish everyone would watch this clip from about 7:45 seconds into tape...NATO question leads to Clark's defintion of leadership in the 21st century. It's incredibly insightful not just into Clark's vision of leadership, but how that fits into the role of organizations like NATO.

http://www.u-wes-a.com/vidclips/CSPAN_SOandWes_030805_s ...

http://www.securingamerica.com/

[TacticalPeek]

1. Broken link.

The u-wes-a link is truncated. Needs the 'copy link location' treatment, perhaps in a reply, since it's been a while.