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Wesley K. Clark??s spot touted the retired general’s support for affirmative action, his belief in war as a last resort, and predictions about the fate of the popular band Outkast...
...diplomatic fallout from the picture, which featured Clark and Mladic smiling jovially in their swapped hats, was severe. (It’s been rumored that Clark??s gaffe delayed his promotion to four-star general.) In retrospect, the picture appears even more shocking given what transpired nine months later in the Bosnian city of Srebrenica. Over the course of a week, Mladic directed a systematic roundup of the city’s Muslims and organized their transportation to execution sites. The International Committee of the Red Cross estimates that 7,079 Bosnian Muslims were killed in Srebrenica between...
...NATO forces in Europe, the editors of the New Republic wryly observed, “If the president was trying to remind the public about the lack of seriousness with which his administration has taken war crimes in Bosnia, this is a fine choice.” Clark??s “jolly time” with Mladic, they wrote, had revealed his “moral cluelessness...
Andrew J. Frank ’05, co-chair of Harvard Students for Edwards, did know of the story. Unlike the recent uproar over Clark??s pro-Bush remarks, Frank says, this controversy could have long-term significance. “I think at some point he’ll have to explain...
Clark backers might argue that his meeting with Mladic is old news. Mark E. Lebel ’07 of Harvard Students for Clark writes in an e-mail that Clark??s stance on intervention in Kosovo shows he has no affinity for dictators or war criminals. That’s certainly true. But the Banja Luka episode still reflects a mind-boggling lack of judgment...