Reply #44: Well, I did not expect a parade...Ignorance is so American!!!

[seventhson]

And I am not much of an exception.

I decided before responding to do a little research on the author of the article, Malic.

Like the Counterpunch article which claimed Clark was not only a war criminal but also was in charge when guantanamo Haitian refugees were sprayed with toxic chemicals (the truth of which is still unclear to me as there are conflicting reports -- but Clark CLEARLY was involved in Haitian issues and may have had a hand at Guantanamo when the incidents occurred), I posted this article to get discussion going and to vet the issue.

I aslo post this for informational purposes. If I am totally wrong on these issues I weelcome critique and evidence to prove me wrong.

I am still learning about Clark and trying to figure out HOW untrustworthy I believe him to be.

Trust has to be earned, from my perspective and I do not trust any candidate until I know a LOT about them. Trust is also relative. Same with journalists: you must read what theyw riter and hold them up to sacrutiny to see if their opinions and facts hold water.

I found this for a better explanation of Malic's perspective on the war in general. He believes Clark is a war criminal. I tend to agree with him because of his use of depleted uranium - and the massive civilian casualties.

However, I am not clear enough on the history of the war to really say whether it was justified or even conducted in accordance with inbternational conventions.

I DO know that the media lies to us all the time and that what many of us perceive as a clear necessity for a war may well be a corporate fascist snowjob conducted for mucg more sinister regions. And the civiliansd pay the price.

My understanding of the war was in part that there were mineral reserves we wanted to preventy the Russians from, getting.

Was that a worthy purpose as in Vietnam or Iraq it was claimed to be?

I do not have an answer to that.

So my purpose in posting this article is to provide a slant that is different from the right wing flag waving media-blinded gung-ho Clarkite's perspective.

I believe Clark is a corporate fascist sent in by the Pentagon and power elites to derail Dean.

If this is so we have to look at ALL the data on him to determine whether or not ANY of these articles is true.

If you want to know more about the author of this article to assess his "agenda", who resides in and writes in the USA, then please check this out (I found it very educational even if the perspective I am not sure I agree with):


http://www.antiwar.com/malic/m062603.html