Retired US general criticizes McCain's military experience

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:52 AM EDT

Article Source: Agence-France Presse

politics, mccain, john-mccain, wesley-clark, military-experience

Retired US General Wesley Clark on Sunday said Republican White House hopeful John McCain lacked executive experience to be president, in rare criticism of the Vietnam veteran's military service.

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Donald Turnbull

This is coming from a man who almost started World War III: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/671495.stm

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4 votes

#1 - Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:00 AM EDT

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Bill Harrison

Heh. Yep. Got so band Clinton essentially relieved him of command.

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4 votes

#1.1 - Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:23 AM EDT

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wmolaw

Clark is an @!$%#. Been trying to make himself politically relevant for years.

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2 votes

#1.2 - Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:04 AM EDT

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Spikegary

Agreed, so McCain's experience of at least being a military officer doesn't give him the 'Executive Experience' he needs, what qualifications does he feel Obama has besides being a good communicator? I can communicate pretty well too-and yet, I have no illusions of trying to go head-to-head with rulers of nations around the world.

I think Obama needs more experience as an elected official before he goes to the top of the pile-as evidenced by having this hack as his mouthpiece.

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1 vote

#2 - Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:57 AM EDT

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wmolaw

Agreed. Clark is a lefty re-tread who has no credibility.

Frankly, just shows how tough it is for any lib/dem to get really experienced, well thought of military folks on their side!

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1 vote

#2.1 - Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:59 AM EDT

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Bill Harrison

Weird thing about Clark is that he was a Republican until '04. Even voted for Bush in '00 over Gorebert.

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1 vote

#2.2 - Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:36 PM EDT

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wmolaw

Bill:

I know. But he was never a "republican." He was a "Clarkian," and whatever party the thought would further his political ambitions was the one he went with.

He learned the pubs had too many military men who folks admired more than him, so he went dem.

Incredibly self serving and ego centric.

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1 vote

#2.3 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 7:48 AM EDT

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McCain campaign: Clark's comments 'sad'	CNN	Mon Jun 30	83
Clark: McCain a hero, but lacks command experience	Associated Press	Sun Jun 29	160
McCain supporters slam Clark, Obama	Mudcat Jackson	Tue Jul 1	0
Democrat with military background assails McCain's credentials	International Herald Tribune	Sun Jun 29	3
Today on the presidential campaign trail	Associated Press	Mon Jun 23	0

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