Clark 'Probably' Would Have Backed War

Retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark said today that he "probably" would have voted for the congressional resolution last fall authorizing war, as he charged out into the presidential campaign field with vague plans to fix the economy and the situation in Iraq.

Clark did not offer any new ideas or solutions for Iraq that other candidates have not already proposed.

He said he "probably" voted for Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and backed Ronald Reagan.

"This is an administration which has moved in a way we have not seen any administration since Nixon to abuse executive authority to scheme, manipulate, intimidate and maneuver," Clark said.

EL - his statements just before the war and after the war started indicate as I said earlier that he did not oppose the war, just the incompetence of this administration. He knocks down Lieberman and Kerry and perhaps Gephardt but I don't think he is one of the top three candidates.