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Wesley Clark was top of his class at West Point, a Rhodes scholar, a decorated four-star general and the man who humbled Slobodan Milosevic when Clark was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. But if he made any impression at all on many Americans, it happened after he retired and found stardom on CNN as one of the smoothest and most antiwar of the corps of generals turned commentators during the Iraq war. So maybe it was not such a surprise that just 1 1/2 hours after Clark made another career leap last week, he could be found...
...margins. They take an oath to follow the orders of their civilian leaders. Their power comes from influencing those leaders before final decisions are made. By that standard, Clark didn't get what he wanted in the 1999 Kosovo war. He fought to have ground troops to force Slobodan Milosevic to halt the killing of thousands of Albanian Kosovars in the province of Kosovo, which might have made military sense but would have shattered NATO unity. But the Clinton Administration took ground troops off the table early, as a way to preserve the alliance (some NATO members didn't want...
...home state of Arkansas. And Clark's speeches have sounded suspiciously like campaign warm-ups. In an appearance at New York University last week, Clark wowed the crowd with his thoughts on Iraq (he opposed the war and now calls for U.N. involvement); impressions of the former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic; and a heartfelt call for mature, bipartisan debate in Washington. "I fought for the right of people to protest," he said. "I fought for the right to question the President...
...fears that tourists may now boycott the country. European Heroes: Whale Of An Opportunity Brassed Off SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO The country's top military committee, the Supreme Defense Council, dismissed 16 senior generals in a bid to rid the military of high-ranking personnel affiliated with former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. The dismissals are meant to secure the military's loyalty to the democratic government that succeeded Milosevic in 2000. As many as 200 lower officers may be fired as well, as the country seeks to gain NATO membership. Homeward Bound SAUDI ARABIA Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian...
...course, Saddam's fate may be in his own hands. He could refuse to be taken alive. Then again, if he's been following the trial of former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic - which has been anything but plain sailing for his accusers - Saddam may be tempted to fight on from within the dock. After all, Iraqis and most Arabs haven't exactly bought into the U.S. narrative of the war. Conspiracy-minded Iraqis opine that, like Milosevic, Saddam could reveal uncomfortable facts about his dealings with the U.S. over the years. (There would certainly be major media interest...