Gne Clark on Faux 12:20EST today

[CarolNYC]

With apologies to those who "piss and moan", as my dad used to say, over threads or posts with the word "Clark" in them (you know who you are :P)....

General Clark will be on Faux this afternoon, in case anyone cares to tune in:
Start: Dec 15 2005 - 12:20pm
End: Dec 15 2005 - 12:30pm
description:

General Clark will appear on Fox News with Bill Hemmer, Dec 15 at 12:20PM EST:

12:20 PM EST | 11:20AM CST | 10:20AM MST | 9:20AM PST

All times of scheduled programs on Fox are subject to change. We recommend tuning in a little early.

[Sparkly]

1. Edited

I was asking whether I missed it, then realized I'd looked at my clock wrong. :dunce:

[CarolNYC]

2. No...you've got about another 20 minutes...

far as I can tell...I'm at work with no Faux so I can't be sure they didn't have him on really really early. :)

[Sparkly]

3. Woops, I was editing while you were posting!

I read my clock wrong! :crazy:

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. Caught Clark this time.

Non hostile interviewer, which was a change of pace. Clark got to clearly explain what the Sunnis need to get out of the next government in order for the domestic insurgency to lose legitimacy, and he thinks it will be a struggle for them to win the changes in the direction of the new Iraq that they need (more respect for secular choices over strict fundamentalism, fair sharing of oil revenues, no near break away southern Shiite State etc.) He thinks negotiations will be much more difficult to conclude successfully because "this time it's for keeps". U.S. must use the leverage that Shites still wanting us to provide security for them gives us to prod diplomacy toward legitimate compromises on key constitutional issues. Failure to reach an agreement accepted by all can lead to Iraq flying apart at the seams. Iran is watching closely to see if they can expand their influence with the permanent Iraq government.

Best moment was when the Fox anchor said, something to the effect of "Isn't it great to see democratic elections in Iraq?". Clark deftly started his answer with, "It's exciting, isn't it?" Then he posed an important counter question, after explaining that the Arab world has some history of holding an election after which the government in power subverts/ suppresses all trappings of Democracy; "Will this be a one time only "democratic election"?

[FrenchieCat]

5. Clark very much articulated the real underlying problems that

go along with this "lookeet....they are voting" spin of an election. Thank Goodness he is saying what needs to be said.....this election is only the beginning, and there is so much room for us to f*ck up some more until it ain't even funny.

[CarolNYC]

10. Thanks Tom for the recap...

I'm Fauxless here and it's nice to hear a detailed recap although I imagine transcript and video will be available in the near future.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

6. Many here love any threads or posts with "Clark" in them so keep it up.

Clark is very popular here. Only a few Dean supporters bitch about it....

[CarolNYC]

11. thanks kerry-is-my-prez

Actually, seems to be a number of supporters of a certain former Senator from NC that are doing the whining lately...whatever...

But, you see, I spelled "Gen" wrong in the title just to throw them off the scent...Geez, can't even spell a three letter abbreviation correctly! :)

BTW, I wish that Kerry was all of our President right now....There is just so much more damage that Bush can do in the next few years...yikes!

[Gloria]

7. Thanks for the summary...it was already over before I found out!

eom

[Donna Zen]

8. Help for the working

As someone whose job cuts her off from the outside world, I really appreciate these notices and recaps. Thanks. I hope Clark's website puts up the clip. Yeah, that would be nice.

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. Ususally I miss these interviews and end up wanting a summary

So I'm glad I was able to help capture this one for others. I hope a transcript becomes available.

I was just going off memory so I may have gotten something wrong or missed a nuance or two or three, but it was another good interview in my opinion. Some times I think one of the reasons why General Clark chose to appear on FOX is because it gives him a way to reach out directly to more of the Republicans who may be in a better position to influence the Bush Administration than most Democrats are. Clark is talking sense and hopefully at least some one outside of the Democratic Party is listening. A lot of terrible mistakes can still be made before the mid term elections if Bush is allowed to stay his same flawed course until then.