Links and Minifeatures 2008 06 30 Monday
Clark: McCain a hero, but lacks command experience
Underscoring during a national television appearance a position he has been expressing for several weeks, Clark said performing heroic military service is not a substitute for gaining command experience.
General Clark? If John McCain hasn't done anything like that, the Barack Obama, who never served, never took the training, never had any reason to gain understanding, is even weaker. John McCain has been serving on the Armed Services Committee. He may not have commanded a squadron in wartime, but he commanded a squadron that was prepared to go to war. And he certainly served. Furthermore, with his unpopular calls for the "surge" long before the Bush administration got on board, he's certainly earned a certain amount of credibility as understanding current military issues.
No, John McCain wasn't a commanding general in time of war. But he's seen combat, and he has commanded, and he has earned credibility on his knowledge of military issues. Barack Obama seems determined not to.
Obama did the right thing: disowned the comments right away. But General Clark can be viewed as taking himself out of consideration for the Vive-Presidency. Obama still needs to get him out of a position of speaking for his campaign, but this is a start. You can only disown what you don't implicitly endorse. Yes, it may have been the politically intelligent thing to do, but it was also the right thing, and Barack Obama got it right. We can all give him the benefit of the doubt as to why, providing he does carry through. If he wants real credibility on his action, Wes Clark cannot be permitted to speak for the Obama campaign in the future
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Snark via Instapundit:
The Saddest Thing About Barack Obama's Available Military Expertise......is that though he has Wes Clark in his corner, the only person he knows with the experience of getting a bomb on target is Bill Ayers.
Not precisely fair, but accurate.
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