It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one. Wesley Clark More Quotes by Wesley Clark More Quotes From Wesley Clark Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem. Wesley Clark smart self-esteem years The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening to intervene in Africa. Wesley Clark middle-east oil would-be It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen. Wesley Clark democracy happens way War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort. Wesley Clark lasts hatred war This is the worst nightmare for the Montenegrins, they thought they were safe, they got into NATO, they rely on NATO to give them the assurance to be able to build a democracy and move their economy forward. Wesley Clark politics I worked for the troops my entire time in the United States Armed Forces because we know in the United States Armed Forces that it's not the generals and the colonels that win battles, it's the soldiers: it's the people at the front, the mechanics with their wrenches, the drivers moving the logistics back in the rear. Wesley Clark win time people moving When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic. Wesley Clark him democratic found inspirational I remember in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon in June of 1971. They threw blood; I guess it was goat's blood or something, on the steps to the Pentagon. People were being accused of being murderers and baby killers. You just can't imagine the civic outrage. Wesley Clark you remember baby people China invaded India, and there was a war between India and China in some of the disputed terrain in 1962, and India got hurt by that. Wesley Clark some india hurt war One of the things I learned in the military is sometimes you don't know what mistakes you make for a long time. But as you go through a campaign, there's lots of decision points you make, and you don't know whether those are gonna be the right decision points or not. Wesley Clark you decision time long Russia and China, when they were communist-like adversaries, they didn't participate. They're participating now in the world with us. They're trading monetary instruments. We're buying and selling goods back and forth, trading oil and so forth. Wesley Clark us back china world Turkey's a NATO member. If Turkey gets attacked, we have to help defend Turkey. Wesley Clark defend nato turkey help For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. NATO is the bond. It's a security bond. Wesley Clark bond organization leader relationship The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either. Wesley Clark stand-up stand russia military In the 1950s, Pakistan allied with the United States in something called the Central Treaty Organization. We were lined up with, at that time, Iran, ruled by the Shah, and Pakistan and Turkey as a southward shield against Soviet expansion toward the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. It was part of the containment strategy. Wesley Clark warm ocean organization time When we started after Osama bin Laden, we really decided to go after the Taliban. And we seemed to be content to kick the Taliban out of Kandahar. And then we let Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora. Wesley Clark kick content escape go Ukraine is a big country. It is 45-46 million people. It has got a lot of modern industry; it also has a lot of very key resources. There is no reason for it not to be one of the leading countries of Europe. Wesley Clark big reason country people The purpose of the European Union expansion is to bring stability to the East, and ultimately, that stability will come to Russia. There is no long term reason that Russia can't be part of the same peaceful community of nations. Wesley Clark will community purpose long Next to upholding the Constitution of the United States, the president's highest duty is to protect the security of this country - our national security. Wesley Clark security constitution duty country I always said I would vote for a resolution that gave the president the leverage to go to the United Nations, and then come back to the Congress for the authority to go to force. Wesley Clark back always united-nations vote
