General Wesley Clark on the Stephanie Miller Show

August 20, 2007
transcript by Reg NYC

Stephanie Miller: Oh, the headlines are so confusing: "Bush stresses local successes in Iraq." "Bush moves away from benchmarks in assessing Iraq." "2007 Cheney contradicts 2000 Cheney while dismissing 1994 Cheney." Hm.

(Scooby Doo sound effect)

Stephanie Miller: All so confusing. If only there was some sort of military expert of some sort that could...

(phone rings)

Stephanie Miller: WHAT? Chris who is it?

Chris: General Wesley Clark.

General Wesley Clark on Fox & Friends

February 20, 2007

transcript by Reg NYC

Brian Kilmeade: You heard it on Fox: President Bush announced that a, a NATO-led offensive will take place this spring in Afghanistan rather than be on the defensive, but with reports of Al Qaeda actively rebuilding in Pakistan, what can we do about it?

Gretchen Carlson: Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark joins us now in the studio. Good to see you General.

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Thank you. Good to be here, Gretchen.

Gretchen Carlson: So, let's talk about this offensive. We've heard a lot of reports about the fact that Al Qaeda is rebuilding itself in Afghanistan.

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Yeah.

Gretchen Carlson: What are we going to do about it?

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Well, I think it's a military problem, but it's also an economic problem, and it's a diplomatic problem. It has to be worked on all three levels.

Gretchen Carlson: Mm hm.

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: So, now that NATO's in charge over there, it should give us greater diplomatic sway with Musharraf. He's got to do a better job of cutting off support for the Taliban. Of course, some elements of his intelligence service apparently are still working with the Taliban-

Gretchen Carlson: Mm hm.

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: -and helping them build their base areas. And we've got an economic problem. Afghanistan is very, very poor, and opium has really taken root there.

General Wesley Clark on Fox's Studio B

November 26, 2006
Transcript by Melange

Trace Gallagher: It's considered the strongest military force in the world - NATO fighting the toughest war in its history in Afghanistan. What happens there seen as a critical turning point maybe, or maybe the barometer of the future of the alliance but the force is already stretched very thin, bogged down in the lawless areas in southern Afghanistan, fending off Taliban attacks almost every day and world leaders are meeting this week to talk about expanding NATO's role. General Wesley Clark is the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and General, you almost…if NATO is going to become or maintain its dominance, its world force, Afghanistan's a must.


GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Absolutely. NATO must succeed in Afghanistan but this is not a mission that can be won simply by the application of fire power and I think NATO leaders understand this. This is a three-part problem: there's a security problem; there's an economic problem; and there's a cross-border problem. And, all three have to be dealt with by investing the Afghan people in their own defense and their own security. You've got to make them believe in themselves.

Trace Gallagher: Yeah. The President is going to go in there and say, you know the countries that are part of NATO are not doing enough - they're not spending enough money on military and therefore they're being weakened by that. Now is it…should we spend more money on military in these NATO countries or spend more money on things like intelligence and maybe homeland security?

The Politics of Ideas - Warming to India

May 17, 2006

By Wesley Clark and Will Marshall | Blueprint Magazine

At first glance, President Bush's proposed agreement with India on civil nuclear cooperation is a no-win proposition for the U.S. Senate. Rejecting the deal could chill relations between the world's biggest democracies; approving it might shred America's credibility as a leader of global efforts to restrain nuclear proliferation.

Senators can escape this dilemma, however, by offering the White House a deal of their own: support for the India agreement conditioned on concrete commitments by the Bush administration to breathe new life into the international nonproliferation system.