Clark pokes at Bush in Democratic address
Originally published by KESQ
Clark pokes at Bush in Democratic address
Retired Army General Wesley Clark says this weekend's constitutional referendum in Iraq is "an important political event" but "not the end of the story."
In today's Democratic radio address, Clark said President Bush is "long overdue in providing a plan to achieve Iraqi military sufficiency." He also chided the administration for failing to build a political consensus around a new government, achieve regional political stability, and develop reconstruction policies in Iraq.
Clark agrees with the president that a premature U-S withdrawal would reward terrorists. But he also says Americans are angry about Bush's "incompetence" and "general unwillingness to acknowledge with some humility" that he's made "terrible and tragic mistakes" in Iraq.
