War Plan, Seven Countries In Five Years

Wesley Clark, September 30th, 2006

General Wesley Clark:

Because I had been through the Pentagon right after 9/11. About ten days after 9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the generals called me in. He said, "Sir, you've got to come in and talk to me a second." I said, "Well, you're too busy." He said, "No, no." He says, "We've made the decision we're going to war with Iraq." This was on or about the 20th of September. I said, "We're going to war with Iraq? Why?" He said, "I don't know." He said, "I guess they don't know what else to do." So I said, "Well, did they find some information connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda?" He said, "No, no." He says, "There's nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq." He said, "I guess it's like we don't know what to do about terrorists, but we've got a good military and we can take down governments." And he said, "I guess if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem has to look like a nail."

So I came back to see him a few weeks later, and by that time we were bombing in Afghanistan. I said, "Are we still going to war with Iraq?" And he said, "Oh, it's worse than that." He reached over on his desk. He picked up a piece of paper. And he said, "I just got this down from upstairs" -- meaning the Secretary of Defense's office -- "today." And he said, "This is a memo that describes how we're going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran." I said, "Is it classified?" He said, "Yes, sir." I said, "Well, don't show it to me." And I saw him a year or so ago, and I said, "You remember that?" He said, "Sir, I didn't show you that memo! I didn't show it to you!"

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[TheUndertakerSaysRIP]

if you have a ignorant blind nation, you deserve to be ruled by ignorant evil pricks

[Bushwacked487]

@UFCextra Why, because you want them to be? Because they dont compute with the misinformation youre given from the time youre a kid? Look up the overthrow of Mossadeq in Iran, of the democratic governments of Honduras, Guatemala. Look at what we did in Nicaragua, cuba, the dominican republic. Open your fucking eyes. Turn off the news and read.

[2nub4you]

@rkappra Man i cant believe whats happenning in syria now its because of isreal and america....we need to do something!

[smoothMousePad]

@CMob09 If it wasn't, they would have invaded it a looooong time ago.

[smoothMousePad]

@Garycarlyle Marcus Aurelius said to Maximus that he wants him to become the new Emperor of Rome in order to restore it's republic. Then he asked him will he accept this great honor. Maximus replied no. Then Marcus Aurelius said: "Maximus... that is why it must be you".

[smoothMousePad]

@Oblentehands Just translate "National Security" to "security for the rich, powerful elite to continue it's unopposed exploitation of masses of people and planetary resources which will enable them to become even more rich and powerful to the point where 1000 people enslave everyone else". What is fascinating to me is that young people still willingly go to war. I guess that sheep psychology is still a dominant force behind social scene. Old and bitter control young and stupid...

[smoothMousePad]

@Bushwacked487 I can vouch that everything you said is complete truth. Have you read about the Rambouillet "agreement" that the Serbs didn't want to sign prior to Kosovo war? Well, I am a Serb who has lived through the bombing of Serbia. That agreement was NOT diplomacy, it was an ULTIMATUM. Anyway, Serbian side agreed to all points except one: "That US troops will move freely through Serbian territory and be immune to Serbian law". If that is not hardline, I don't know what is.

[Gzanothor]

@TheUndertakerSaysRIP Your implying these people had a choice to go to brainwashing schools, like they knew in advance what TV, flouride and nationism will do to the mind. *Most* of these people arn't responsible for their ignorance, thats why we have videos like these to help wake people up.

[RichardMannXXX]

funny how we already knew this

[pololopo23]

Everyone single American should see this video. I´m so sick of killing of innocent people just so that defense contractors, oil companies or banks could make a few dollars more. Or that US fights the wars for Israel. FUUUUCCCKK!!!!! I hate US govt and Israel so much.

[MyGwendel]

shit why won't he run for president? i can understand wanting to avoid the farce, but what a waste.

[MyGwendel]

@Bushwacked487 americans know nothing about history and remain willfully ignorant. it's so hopeless.