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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 02:20 PM
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Gen. Shelton can suck an egg.
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The Federation of American Scientists did a complete workup in 1999 on the Kosovo war, and their general opinion was:

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General Wesley Clark has been NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe since July 1997. In that capacity, he was responsible for conducting the western alliance's successful 78-day air campaign against Serb forces in Kosovo - NATO's only offensive military endeavor in its 50-year history. Retired Colonel David Hackworth - a decorated U-S veteran from the Korean and Vietnam wars - says General Clark has not received the necessary accolades for his Kosovo campaign. /// HACKWORTH ACT /// He is a winner. He is the first General in U-S military history who fought a war, sustained - as we know - no friendly casualties and at the end of the war didn't get a bunch of medals, didn't get a victory parade down (New York's) Fifth Avenue and ended up getting the sack. (getting fired)

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http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/docs99/990804-kosovo01.htm

I strongly suggest reading the entire page and one can see the political manipulation and the disagreements (say: HONEST ASSESSMENT) that General Clark had with DEFENSE on the use of Ground Troops.

This, against comments of a Bush supporting General Shelton, who is one of the authors of the Iraq Quagmire?

PLEASE choose something real to bash on, and consider this item DEBUNKED.


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