Reply #8: Record Shows Clark Cheered Iraq War as "Right Call"

[Jolene]

That was 'Fair's' take.

Here is what the article says:

'Though he had been critical of Pentagon tactics, Clark was exuberant about the results of "a lean plan, using only about a third of the ground combat power of the Gulf War. If the alternative to attacking in March with the equivalent of four divisions was to wait until late April to attack with five, they certainly made the right call."'

Of course, we don't know what he said entirely, because part of what he did say has been removed. What we do know, is that the source says Clark was critical of tactics but exuberant about the results of a specific plan. FAIR says he cheered the entire war as being the right call. Clearly, he's talking about 'ifs,' alternatives, and strategy while referencing a war this administration was going to have regardless of what the people thought.

But that's apparently ok, because once quotation marks are put around even singular words, the impression the article gives seems to take on some life of its own.