Sittin' Here Watching Dem Primary Debate '04 On Faux:

[Dinger]

And I liked this little exchange between Cameron & Clark:

Cameron: Your military service in general is considered a large part of the predicate for
your candidacy. I wonder if you could take a moment and explain to us why,
at the end of your time as the Suprreme Allied Commander of NATO, you were
not re-upped, and why such folks as retired General Hugh Shelton have
suggested that you were effectively fired for what he called "Character and
integrity issues."

Clark: (Sheepishly) Well, thanks for the opportunity to talk about this.(Pause) It's a . . . .
We used to call charges like that McCarthyism when they came out in the
1950's. (applause) Now the simple truth is that Hugh Shelton is an old friend
of mine. I've known him for 20 years. But we had a signifigant disagreement
about policy. I believed the purpose the United States in Europe was to follow
through on our commitments to bring peace to Bosnia and prevent another
round of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans in Kosovo. I believe that there were
one and a half million Albanians there who were in danger of being thrown out
of their homes and having their lives and their property at risk. Some people in
the Pentagon disagreed with me. I went through the Pentagon and
recommended we use diplomacy, backed by the threat of force. I had the
permission of the Pentagon to do that. I worked, I warned, I struggled, to
prevent a war, and when it finally came down to it, I had to fight it, lead it, and
we won it. But let me tell two things, number one, I stand up and fight for what I
believe in, and nobody is gonna see the United States on my watch humiliated in
a military mission because we don't have the gumption to follow through on our
requirements, and number two, when you put American troops in harm's way,
you better not do it without a plan and a strategy, and the determination that
you're gonna prevail. That's what I stood for. We were successful. I received
two distinguished service medals, the Presidential Medal of Freedom for that
kind of leadership. Why Hugh Shelton would say that now, I have no idea, but
if anybody knows, would you please let me know. Thank you.