“When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so it's something you shouldn't launch into, on the expectation that this is going to rally the nation. This is not like 'Friday Night Lights'.” PeopleWarUseLightNightForceNationsHurtExpectationsConsequenceFridayFriday NightNight LightFriday Night Lights Author:Wesley Clark
“One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and every war was bad. It was 4th of July. It was an outrageously political statement. I just never felt right when people in the church would take these overtly political positions especially when I felt like I was a good Christian, I was serving my country, and I just didn't feel like I deserved to be lambasted by the priest on the 4th of July.” PeopleFeelsShouldSaidWarCountryChristianPoliticalNightFeltChurchPositionStatementsRevolutionaryPriestsServing4th Of JulyOne NightJulyGood ChristianRevolutionary War Author:Wesley Clark
“War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort.” WantWarUseLastsForceHatredAbsolutesIntensityResorts Author:Wesley Clark
“Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.” WarSeriousClaimsViolationPublic Trust Author:Wesley Clark
“Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century idea and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-ethnic states.” TryingIdeasWarStatesProblemPoliticalForgetModernCenturyPureEuropeTransitionGenocide21st Century19th CenturyNatoUs ArmyWhite Genocide Author:Wesley Clark
“I don't think it was a patriotic war. I think it was a mistake, a strategic mistake, and I think that the president of the United States wasn't patriotic in going after Saddam Hussein. He simply misled America and cost us casualties and killed and injured America's reputation around the world without valid reason for doing so. It's not patriotic; it's wrong.” ThinkingWorldWarStatesReasonAmericaPresidentUnitedMistakeUnited StatesCostReputationAround The WorldPatrioticSaddamHusseinInjuredStrategicCasualtiesMisled Author:Wesley Clark
“We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.” WayKindWarCountryWould BeRememberWinningForcePresidentBehindsLeaderColdOur CountryOfficersRetiringCold WarGreat LeaderGreat AmericanArmed ForcesGreat LeadershipPresident ReaganEnlistedPresident Ronald Reagan Author:Wesley Clark
