GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Right. And how are we then going to justify the invasion? So, I think what happened is, the administration kind of put the cart before the horse. They knew what, what remedy they wanted, and they started down a process that was okay, but then they had to sort of had to jump ahead in order to justify the invasion.
General Wesley Clark on Fox News Live, December 28, 2005,
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GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: then how are we going to justify the invasion?
David Asman: And all the UN res- the 17 UN resolutions, etc.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Right. And how are we then going to justify the invasion? So, I think what happened is, the administration kind of put the cart before the horse. They knew what, what remedy they wanted, and they started down a process that was okay, but then they had to sort of had to jump ahead in order to justify the invasion.
David Asman: But how long should we have waited? I mean, you know, it wasn't absolutely a sure thing, according to you, that we would've needed to go in, but how many more UN resolutions and how many more attempts to kick out inspectors would we have to have gone through?
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: It might take some time, but look, is it- we spent over 200 billion dollars there. We've had over 2,000 Americans die. We've got our Armed Forces deeply engaged. So what if we took two years? If there was no threat to the United States that we couldn't deal with.
David Asman: Mm
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: if there wasn't any way of- if there wasn't anything he could do to hurt us, why not keep him in a vice.