Dementia wrote:
] ] NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S.-led invasion and occupation
] ] of Iraq was "a perfect example" of military domination
] ] while failing to achieve victory, retired general and
] ] Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark wrote in a
] ] new book.
] ]
] ] Clark, who joined the 2004 race last week, also said he
] ] learned in November 2001 that the Bush administration's
] ] plan for invading Iraq and ousting President Saddam
] ] Hussein had been part of a broader five-year military
] ] campaign in seven countries that Washington accused of
] ] supporting terrorism.
] ]
] ] He believed that would be a mistake, Clark wrote in
] ] "Winning Modern Wars. Iraq, Terrorism and the American
] ] Empire" to be published by Public Affairs next month.
] ]
] ] Clark wrote that a senior military officer told him on a
] ] visit to the Pentagon in November 2001 that the U.S. was
] ] planning to go against Iraq but there was more to it.
] ] After Iraq, the plan called for targeting Syria, Lebanon,
] ] Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan.
]
] I have realized from being out in the 'working' world for a
] few years that it's very easy to create a mandate if the
] creator isn't the one who has to go do the work.
]
] Something tells me that after a couple years in Iraq the
] morale of the armed forces is going to be low enough that any
] further invasions will inevitably fail.