Well, I'm also open to Clark as a candidate but I'm curious how he'll respond to some questions from long-time peace activists with regard to his military record:

1. Clark is the cowboy who nearly started World War III in Kosovo. Only the insubordination of British General Jackson, who refused to send troops to the Pristina airport to prevent Russian troops from landing there, prevented what at the time was feared to be the beginning of a world war.

2. Clark was the commander of Ft. Hood at the time of Waco and supplied logistical support, training, equipment, and some say the battle plan for the massacre.

3. Clark was Commander-in-Chief of the US Southern Command in Panama at the time of the US invasion in 1989. Even pro-invasion former Canal Zone people living there at the time regarded him as a cowboy and to him, at the time, was attributed the provocations that provided the immediate justification for the invasion.

4. Clark parlayed Operation Just Cause (the invasion of Panama) and his role in it into a military strategy touting the benefits of "asymmetric war," and has advised Israel on how to use asymmetric force in subduing Palestinians.

These are not my questions but I'll be very interested in the response from Clark.

Charley Noble