Reply #60: FrenchieCat....I am not that knowledgeable about Syria at this point

[Gloria]

I have read that Iran has supported Hezbollah, but there is no firm agreement on their role in this fight now and in fact, I read today that Nasrullah might not even be listening to Iran at all at this point.

As for Clark: Yes, I saw that interview you quote....HOWEVER, that does not erase his earliest appearances which I commented on extensively over at CCN under "Ruths Blog" on those early dates (7/18 blog in particular).

My big gripe was the lack of objective analysis and the tone of his comments as an "analyst" and the knawing feeling that he wasn't/isn't allowing any thoughts of how this would play out in terms of the PNAC plans for the Middle East. I woke up the first night thinking about the connections, for Pete's sake...I still see this being studiously ignored by Clark. To the point now that he says the neocons are over? What happened to P. 130 of Winning Modern Wars? There is a gap here --from pre-conflict to jumping back to straight military assessment, etc. by about the 3rd or 4th FOX appearance that week. It's that gap which is bothering me. Leadership would be filling that gap for me.