Mukana wekuti aimbove mukuru weNATO Wesley Clark apinde mujaho wekudomwa kwemutungamiri wenyika yeDemocratic Alliance muna 2004 yanga iri nyaya yekufungidzira kunotyisa munhau. Asi kunyangwe kutaurwa kwazvino kwaClark kunowanzo kutaura kuti aipokana nehondo neIraq, maonero akasiyana aakataura nezvenyaya iyi anoratidza kuti "anti-war" zita renhau harina chokwadi. Maakaundi mazhinji enhau anoti Clark, akatungamira 1999 NATO kurwisa Yugoslavia, akataura pachena mukupokana kwake nekupinda muIraq.
The Boston Globe (9/14/03) yakataura kuti Clark "aimbova mukuru weNATO uyo anove akapikisa hondo yeIraq." "Tarisana nazvo: Mumiriri ega anorwisa hondo America achasarudza mumwe ane nyeredzi ina," akanyora kudaro Michael Wolff muNew York magazini (9/22/03).
Salon.com yakadana Clark "mutsoropodzi ane simba wehondo neIraq" (9/5/03). Kune vamwe vatori venhau vezvematongerwo enyika, maitiro aClark anofungidzirwa kuti anopesana nehondo anogona kuperetera dambudziko kune vamwe vevavhoti.
Sekureva kwaHoward Fineman weNewsweek (9/8/03) Clark "anopokana nehondo saDean," zvichireva kuti mukuru angave "imwe nzira inovimbika" kumumiriri uyo "maDemocrat mazhinji" anofunga "angakonzeresa njodzi. .โ
Chirevo cheGunyana 15 cheAssociated Press chakataura kuti Clark "ave achishora hondo yeIraq uye kuedza kwaBush mushure mehondo, zvinzvimbo zvaizomuisa padivi pevamiriri vakaziviswa Howard Dean, Seni. Bob Graham vekuFlorida uye Rep. Dennis Kucinich wekuOhio seanonyanya kutaura. anti-war candidates. "
The Washington Post (9/11/03) yakashuma kuti Clark naDean "vese vakapikisa hondo muIraq, uye vese vari kuunza mufaro paInternet uye nevaratidziri vemidzi."
Kunzwa Clark achitaura naPaula Zahn weCNN (7/16/03), zvinganzwisisika kufunga kuti aive muvengi wehondo. โKubva pakutanga, handina chokwadi nezvebasa iri, Paula,โ akadaro. "Uye ndakambovagovera paCNN." Asi ongororo yezvaakataura isati yatanga, panguva uye mushure mehondo inoratidza kuti Clark akatora zvigaro zvakasiyana- kubva pakuratidza kusava nechokwadi nezvemazano ezvematongerwo enyika nemauto kutanga, kusvika pakupemberera "kukunda" kweUS muchikamu chinozivisa kuti George W. Bush. uye Mutungamiriri weBritain Tony Blair โvanofanira kudada nechisarudzo chavo pasinei nokusatenda kukuruโ ( London Times, 4/10/03).
Mwedzi yakati kurwiswa kusati kwaitika, chikamu chepfungwa chaClark mumagazini yeTime (10/14/02) chaive nemusoro wenyaya "Ngatimirirei Kurwisa," kupokana kune chimwe chidimbu chakanzi "Kwete, Ngatisatambise Chero Nguva." Hondo isati yatanga, Clark ainetsekana kuti US yaive isina nhamba yakakwana yemauto, zano rehondo rakashata uye kushomeka kwerutsigiro rwepasirese.
Sezvo nguva yaifamba, kubhuroka kwaClark kwaiita sekunge kuri kupera. Clark akatsanangura paCNN (1/21/03) kuti dai anga ari kutungamira, "Zvimwe ndingadai ndisina kuita mafambiro atisvitsa panguva ino. Asi tichingofunga kuti tiri pano panguva ino, saka ndinofunga kuti mutungamiri wenyika anofanira kuenderera mberi, zvisinei nekuti vanobatana havana kupokana. "
Sezvaakazotsanangura (CNN, 2/5/03): "Kuvimbika kweUnited States kuri pamutsetse, uye Saddam Hussein ane zvombo izvi uye saka, munoziva, tichaenderera mberi nekuita izvi uye nyika yose inofanira kuva nesuโฆ. Iyo U.N. inofanirwa kupinda uye nedumbu kumusoro kubhawa pane izvi. Asi mutungamiri weUnited States akaisa kuvimbika kwake pamutsetse, zvakare. Uye saka ino ndiyo nguva iyo nyika idzi pasi rose, neUnited Nations, dzichafanira kutarisa humbowo uhwu uye kusarudza kuti vanoenderana nani. โ
Pamubvunzo wezvombo zvinofungidzirwa zveIraq zvekuparadza kukuru, Clark aiita seane chivimbo chekuvapo kwavo. Clark akaudza Miles O'Brien weCNN kuti Saddam Hussein "ane zvombo zvinoparadza." O'Brien paakabvunza, "Uye unogona kutaura izvozvo zvine mutsindo?" Clark akatsunga: "Chokwadi" (1/18/03).
Zahn weCNN (4/2/03) paakabvunza kana aive nekusahadzika kwekuwana zvombo, Clark akapindura kuti: โNdinofunga zvichawanikwa. Pane intelligence yakawanda pane izvi. " Mushure mekudonha kweBaghdad, chero kunyunyuta kwakasara kwaClark pamusoro pehuchenjeri hwehondo kwaiita sekunge kwave kupera. โRusununguko rwava pedyo. Rusununguko- bharisamu rine simba rinopembedza chibayiro chinorwadza, rinobvisa kusava nechokwadi kunopfuurira uye rinosimbisa zviito zvakashinga,โ
Clark akanyora muLondon Times column (4/10/03). "Parizvino hwema hwekukunda hwave mumhepo." Kunyangwe akange achitsoropodza maitiro ePentagon, Clark aifarira mhedzisiro ye "chirongwa chakaonda, achishandisa chikamu chimwe chete muzvitatu chesimba rehondo rehondo reGulf War. Kana imwe nzira yekurwisa munaKurume pamwe nezvikamu zvina yaive yekumirira kusvika kupera kwaApril kuti varwise nevashanu, ivo vakafona chaiko. "
Clark akafanotaura noushingi nezvemagumisiro aizova nehondo munharaunda yacho achiti: โNyika zhinji dzeGulf dzichafara kurumbidza kusunungurwa kwadzo kubva mupfungwa yokusachengeteka dzadzaimboramba kutaura. Egypt neSaudi Arabia zvichafamba zvishoma asi zvinonzwisisika kuenda kuWestern mwero wekodzero dzevanhu. "
George W. Bush neMutungamiriri weBritain Tony Blair โvanofanira kudada nechisarudzo chavo mukutarisana nokusahadzika kukuru,โ Clark akatsanangura kudaro. "Vanopikisa, avo vakabvunza kukosha kana huchenjeri hwekushanda, vanonyarara, asi pamwe vasina chokwadi." Matauriro aClark nezve "vanopikisa" vanyaradzwa anodzidzisa, sezvo asingazvisanganisire - zviri pachena kuti haasi "kunyarara" - muchikamu ichocho.
Clark akavhara chidimbu nezviratidzo zvemhemberero dzekukunda pano pamba: "Ngativei nemaforamu paMall uye pasi peConstitution Avenue." Mune imwe koramu zuva raitevera (London Times, 4/11/03), Clark akapfupikisa zvidzidzo zvehondo neiyi nzira: โNhimbe muIraq inoratidzira kufambira mberi kunopfuurira kworuzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu zvehondo namano, asi kana pakava nokupfuura kumwe chete. chidzidzo chinofanira kunge chiri ichi: Simba remauto eAmerica, kunyanya kana richitsigirwa neBritain, harigone kupikiswa nhasi. Titore isu? Usaedza! Uye izvo hazvisi hubris, ichokwadi chiri pachena. "
Imwe "chokwadi chiri pachena" ndeichi: Nepo vatori venhau vezvematongerwo enyika vanogona kugamuchira kupinda kwaClark mumushandirapamwe, kudaidza mumiriri ane maonero akadai "anti-hondo" kuita kuti izwi rive risina zvarinoreva.
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