Reply #103: Excellent analysis

[Tinoire]

I watched it last night and thought his performance was dismal and that his answers weren't reassuring at all.

Clark was in favor of the invasion and the war and is now in favor of the occupation. All three things make him anathema to me- this in addition to not believing his recent metamorphosis.

Why did we distract ourselves from the war on terror?

WHAT WAR ON TERROR? The phony one that is being used to strip us of our rights? The phony one being used to justify beefing up Homeland Security's databases so that they can keep tabs on "subversive" citizens? The phony one that will "find" the ever elusive Al-Queda in any country we need to destabilize?

What change will this be from the Bush Administration other than the a little more finesse in how we go about destabilizing and subjugating?

Venezuela is coming soon and Calrk's answers were less than reassuring to me. I refuse to have any part in voting in a Democratic President who thinks the war on terror has any validity and actively worked with the very organizations that feed and justify this war such as the Markle Task Force, the CSIS and the famous NED which was directly involved in the recent coup in Venezuela- a country that is now being set up for a future US operation.

Clark supporters will say that he is out to stop this and I do not doubt that this is their sincere belief; what I doubt is Clark as the lone crusader turning his back on all his friends, his colleagues and those he admires/d so much.

I am honestly waiting for the day where I can be reassured that this is not the case but Sunday's appearance on MTP wasn't it.


http://www.markletaskforce.org/other.html

(October 2003) The oil-rich but politically unstable nation of Venezuela is emerging as a potential hub of terrorism in the Western Hemisphere, providing assistance to Islamic radicals from the Middle East and other terrorists, say senior U.S. military and intelligence officials. Bush administration aides see this as an unpredictably dangerous mix and are gathering more information about the intentions of a country that sits 1,000 miles south of Florida.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/031006/usnews/6venezuela.htm

An article recently appeared in one of the largest U.S. news magazines, an article which will remind well-informed readers of a typical disinformation campaign. The article in question, "Terror Close to Home," by Linda Robinson, appeared in U.S. News and World Report (10/6/03) and claims to have evidence that Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, is "flirting with terrorism." The appearance of a baseless article like this, combined with recent statements by Gen. James Hill, head of the Southern Command, that Venezuela's Margarita Island is a haven for Islamic terrorist groups, suggests that the Bush administration is setting the stage for declaring Venezuela a "rogue" state.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=4301