Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr.is a retired General of the United States Army. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and the Presidential Medal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth23 December 1944
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
all of the operational assets that he requires in terms of extra assets to prosecute the air campaign with maximum effect.
all of a sudden, at the very last instant, he caught a flash of movement.
I think it's great if individuals invest in the stock market, but not as a substitute for insuring the solvency of Social Security.
I think the evidence of the mass graves is confirmation of the terrible wrong done here.
A commander in chief with military experience might be able to prod a conservative military into thinking more imaginatively.
Ukraine is a big country. It is 45-46 million people. It has got a lot of modern industry; it also has a lot of very key resources. There is no reason for it not to be one of the leading countries of Europe.
Next to upholding the Constitution of the United States, the president's highest duty is to protect the security of this country - our national security.
The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either.
China invaded India, and there was a war between India and China in some of the disputed terrain in 1962, and India got hurt by that.
I worked for the troops my entire time in the United States Armed Forces because we know in the United States Armed Forces that it's not the generals and the colonels that win battles, it's the soldiers: it's the people at the front, the mechanics with their wrenches, the drivers moving the logistics back in the rear.
I remember in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon in June of 1971. They threw blood; I guess it was goat's blood or something, on the steps to the Pentagon. People were being accused of being murderers and baby killers. You just can't imagine the civic outrage.
I said the rosary, and I said the Our Father, as they call it in the Catholic Church. One of the things I learned in the conversion process was to say the rosary, and I had a set of rosary beads. So I said 'Hail Mary, full of grace.'
When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.
People make mistakes. And one of the mistakes that the United States consistently made was that it could intervene and somehow adjust people's governments, especially in the Middle East.