WESLEY CLARK: NEO-CON DEMOCRAT

Here's some interesting info from Counterpunch on the "anti-war" warrior running for president as a Democrat:

The latest trick of the neo-cons is running retired General Wesley Clark for President as a Democrat. But not just any Democrat -- a "New Democrat." The same bunch that are pushing Joe Lieberman's candidacy are obviously hedging on their bets and want to have Clark in the race as a potential vice presidential candidate (to ensure their continued influence in a future Democratic administration of Howard Dean, John Kerry, or Dick Gephardt) or as a "go-to" candidate in the event that Lieberman stumbles badly in the first few Democratic primaries next year.

The "New Democrats" (neo-cons) are as much masters at the perception management (lying) game as their GOP counterparts (Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and Donald Rumsfeld). Clark's presidential candidacy announcement in Little Rock is one warning sign. This city is a sort of "Mecca" for the neo-con Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and its main nurturers, Al From and Bruce Reed. It was from Little Rock where the DLC propelled a little known governor named Bill Clinton into the White House. And although Clinton did not turn out exactly as conservative as the DLC hoped for, his support for globalization and selected use of U.S. military power abroad were neo-con keystone successes.

Click here for more dirt on Clark.

So, there is something to Clark's weird Arkansas/Clinton connection. I've never before thought of the DLC Democrats in neo-conservative terms, but it makes a great deal of sense to do so. Clinton's eight year reign continued the first Bush's "New World Order" foreign policy for the most part--that is, the DLC fully supports a US dominated world, both economically and militarily. True Machiavellians like the neo-cons do not concern themselves with trivialities such as personalities: rather, they concern themselves with amassing power in order to further their ends. Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter; both parties can be used to execute the neo-conservative agenda.

Creepy stuff, if true.

Vote Green.

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