Reply #13: He's learned the painful lessons of war that the others couldn't.

[kaleagal]

Everything I read about Gen. Clark, the good and bad, lead me to believe that it would be a safe bet to say, if he had a chance for do overs when he was in command of military operations, he might not do them exactly the same. He's learned from all his experiences that war is a messy hell and no one comes out squeaky clean. I believe, had any of the other candidates in the '08 race been in his position of command over troops at any given time, they would not have done as good a job as he. And I just don't trust any of the others to have all the experience under their belt to be able to make the hard decisions our Commander in Chief has to make regarding our national security at this time in our nation's history.