Clark Says Congress Should Determine Whether Bush`s Actions Were Criminal In Iraq
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Democratic presidential
candidate Wesley Clark said today it was up to Congress to
determine whether President Bush`s march to war in Iraq amounted to
a criminal offense.
Asked if it was criminal to mislead the nation in going to war,
Clark told reporters, quote "I think that`s a question Congress
needs to ask. I think this Congress needs to investigate
precisely" how the United States wound up in a war "that wasn`t
connected to the threat of al-Qaida."
The retired four-star general defended his recent comments
against the war after both his Democratic rivals and top
Republicans complained that the statements were inconsistent with
past remarks by Clark, including testimony to Congress in October
2002.
Clark has called for a full congressional probe into why the
United States went to war in Iraq, but his comments today mark the
first time he had hinted at possible criminal wrongdoing.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
