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September 20, 2007Space Is Our Place?I have nothing against retire General Wesley Clark. He's been critical of the so-called surge in Iraq, and it's no surprise he endorsed Hillary Clinton for president a few days ago. But I was taken aback when I heard him on the NPR's Diane Rehm Show yesterday. Let's roll the tape: Rehm: General Clark, you wrote in a recent Washington Post editorial that the next war is always looming, explain what you mean? Clark: I think when you're in the military there's an obligation to not only remember the past but to also think about the future. So as we think about the future in the U.S. Arm Forces we're looking at, of course, the lessons learned in Iraq, ground troops, and we're looking the possible requirements to go against Iran -- air and navel power. And we're looking at the need to protect our domination of space. Rehm: Space? Clark: Space, the ultimate high ground. It belongs to us. Belongs to us? I know Clark was talking militarily-speaking. But such talk can come across as damn arrogant. Space: the property of the United States. It's that sort of rhetoric that peeves people in other nations, and right now we can use all the friends we can get. Posted by David Corn at September 20, 2007 01:25 PM |
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"HUBRIS is a bold and provocative book that will quickly become an explosive part of the national debate on how we got involved in Iraq." --Tom Brokaw |
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