Reply #19: Lol - No I don't either but that came straight from the Clark Site

[Tinoire]

http://draftwesleyclark.com/republicans/reagan.htm

I have you the link to the thread in GD.

I don't really don't know what all will come out. I heard a bit in the Military but didn't pay too much attention because as I said, it's not uncommon. If the right person takes you under their wing (and in Clark's case it was Gen Shalikashvili and Alexander Haig), all you have to do is punch your tickets and keep your nose clean because your path is paved.

The military's not stupid and Clark is undoubtedly brilliant. They don't throw that kind of officer away, they groom him for bigger and better things and it tends to cause a LOT of resentment because promotions and assignments other people have to earn tend to get kind of handed to them.

It's no fairer than the system on the outside. The military is extremely elitist in the officer circles.

I don't know why this article doesn't give specific examples. I know Colonel Hackworth has been giving some for a long time because he hates Clark... He hates everything that's not mud and soldiers and taking care of soldiers. He hated my guys in the military. Basically he hates what he calls pencil-pushing "weanies".

Personally, I have several rather severe issues with Clark but this isn't one of them because he's not responsible for how the system works. I would (and do), however, have a problem with the people who try to paint his career with an unrealistic brush as if he spent his entire time in the trenches doing heroic things.