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Originally Posted by WandyWiolentFan
Thanks for the report Brackis.
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No problem.
He spoke about how he was unfairly quoted and ambushed with regard to his comments on Face the Nation about McCain's service (
Wesley Clark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), since he was on the show to talk about foreign policy and was interrupted by Leiberman and given an out of the blue question by the host. In restating himself to the audience tonight, he said that military service is important to demonstrate that one does have some courage and dedication to America, but as a qualification for the presidency the most important part of military service is how one uses past experience to make sound decisions thereafter. In that respect, Clark said he felt McCain was a valiant American hero, but that he disagreed with how this heroism and experience shaped his leadership in politics.
Clark also spoke about some very interesting pragmatic solutions for Afghanistan, such as doing away with contracts to pay companies to spray and kill poppy. He said one group (Dynacorp or something?) got 400 million to do this, when we should be helping bring in irrigation so that the countryside can produce subsistence and mercantile food crops, rather than trying to fight a losing battle against demand-driven drug production. In that respect he put less fault on the individually impoverished Afghanis, even mentioning how a rational mother with multiple sons is wise to have one son assist the coalition forces, while sending another to aid the Taliban because it ensured they were insulated from attack by either group.
