Wall St. Journal calls Wes Clark "goofball general" for comments on Iraq [View All]

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Needless to say - I fired off an e-mail telling them to stop being so naive and to stop drinking the koolaid among other things. What a bunch of morans.....


http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006650

BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, May 5, 2005 12:13 p.m. EDT
Liberalism in Hoc

In the Middle East, things seem to be working out according to President Bush's plan. Before the liberation of Iraq, the president argued that removing Saddam Hussein from power would pave the way for a democratic Iraq and make it possible for democracy to spread throughout the Arab world. The Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum totes up the progress:

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Drum grudgingly acknowledges that the president may deserve some credit for all this, but other Monthly writers are at pains to deny it. Funniest of all is goofball general Wesley Clark, who seems to deny that the liberation of Iraq had anything to do with democracy even in Iraq:

Democracy can't be imposed--it has to be homegrown. In the Middle East, democracy has begun to capture the imagination of the people. For Washington to take credit is not only to disparage courageous leaders throughout the region, but also to undercut their influence at the time it most needs to be augmented. Let's give credit where credit is due--and leave the political spin at the water's edge.