Clark in turmoil?
Some interesting interal debate amongst the Clark supporters:
The Clark movement must now show that it can follow the precepts that it preaches, and support - rather than thwart - attempts to bring out into the light the problems the campaign has and repair them.
Also, Clark is getting more criticism from military peers:
Retired Gen. Dennis Reimer, a former Army chief of staff, describes Clark as an intelligent, “hardworking, ambitious individual who really applies himself hard.”But, Reimer said, “Some of us were concerned about the fact that he was focused too much upward and not down on the soldiers. I’ve always believed you ought to be looking down toward your soldiers and not up at how to please your boss. … I just didn’t see enough of that in Wes.”
Clark, for his part, acknowledges he had conflicts with former Defense Secretary William Cohen and some top Pentagon officials. He attributes that in his memoir to pushing relentlessly against the military’s “innate conservatism” to accomplish his assigned missions, particularly in Bosnia and during the 1999 Kosovo campaign.
Ret. Army Brig. Gen. David Grange, the U.S. commander in Bosnia at that time, says Clark was so focused on succeeding that “he would maybe not be cognizant of some of the feelings or concerns of some of the people around him.”
“There’s no question that General Clark is for General Clark,” said Grange, who added nonetheless that Clark had always treated him well personally.
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