My Interview With General Wesley Clark: A Nation Enamored with Military Action
'A second country last week was threatened by President Trump with military action—Venezuela. This coincided with the ongoing nuclear threats bouncing back and forth between North Korea’s leader and Trump; something the Pentagon keeps saying it has no plans for.
Saber rattling, with no serious plans to back up the threats is dangerous. Even in the past when it seemed we went into wars with adequate plans, we didn’t. Just imagine the disasters the current threats could produce.
Threats of war as a foreign policy don’t work, and they are reckless.
It is a very unstable time and solid expertise on this war rhetoric is needed.
To the rescue, is General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Retired 4 Star General, West Point Valedictorian, Rhodes Scholar and Author, whom I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing on these issues. I asked him about current events and his take on what’s happening. Including what it takes to win a military action, the proper way to execute it, and when it should be used. General Clark had a decisive and impressive win in Kosovo as Commander there and here’s what he says is needed and what is lacking in current ongoing wars.
Learning By Example:
Winning in Kosovo-Genocide Defeated
“In 1995 I went over with Richard Holbrooke to begin negotiations with Serbian President Milosevic, and other Balkan leaders, about Bill Clinton’s 7 point peace plan for Bosnia. At one point air strikes were launched inside Bosnia to pressure Serbs into the Dayton Peace accords. We negotiated a diplomatic solution with the promise of the NATO peacekeepers that ended four years of war and caused more than 100,000 deaths and created 2 million refugees. Our diplomatic solution worked in Bosnia. Three years later Milosevic kicked off an ethnic cleansing campaign in Kosovo. We again proposed diplomacy. The Albanians agreed to the diplomatic solutions. Milosevic would not accept the diplomatic solution and moved ahead with ethnic cleansing. An Air Campaign ensued in pursuit of the diplomatic settlement of the conflict. After 78 days, the strength of NATO made Milosevic give in and pull troops out of Kosovo and allowed Albanians to return to their homes.”
And that’s how it is supposed to be done to achieve a win. This is what sound, strong, informed leadership is. Diplomacy first, military pressure as a last resort.'>>>
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