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  •  Re: Nixon to China, Clark to the Pentagon (none / 0)

    The military establishment has been conservative (as in not liking risks) has been resistant to these overseas adventuring.  Rumsfeld & co. are viewed as civilians who are ignoring the military officials, not military men who are imposing their view.

    I was thinking more of public opinion and neocon squawking on the "pre-emptive" doctrine, which needs to be definitively stomped down. I think Clark would have considerably more moral authority in the bully pulpit to explain directly to the American people why this is not only not a good thing but actively unwise, and getting downhome macho flagwavers to UNDERSTAND it and BELIEVE him.

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