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[FrenchieCat]

That Wes Clark has discussed at length exactly how we, the USA dealt with Al Qaeda in the 1980s....and it has come back to bite us...predictably.

Clark: More Friends Needed

BETHANY — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark believes the key to winning the war in Iraq is to develop strategic relationships with other governments in the region.

Clark spoke on the Bethany College campus Monday about Iraq, the war on terror and the history and rise of Osama bin Laden on the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The strategic relationships, he said, would allow governments to work together to solve problems such as global health issues or even global warming.
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Clark gave a short history of the U.S. government’s relationship with Osama bin Laden during the 1980s and how he eventually became the country’s biggest threat by the late 1990s. While many people could be blamed for not preventing the attacks, he said everyone should take responsibility, including U.S. citizens for not paying enough attention to foreign affairs and the government for not taking action soon enough.
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The overall goal of keeping America safe, however, will not be won by bombing every country that may harbor terrorists, he noted. The U.S. must work from the inside out by developing relationships with those countries’ governments and people.
Intelligencer/Wheeling (WV) News-Register 9/12/06
http://theintelligencer.net/News/articles.asp?articleID=10443