Long Gen. Wesley Clark's New Book, Short The Yen.

[elleng]

Over the course of his career, General (ret.) Wesley Clark has been the valedictorian of West Point, a Rhodes Scholar, a four-star general, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and a Presidential candidate in 2004.

He’s also a best-selling author whose latest book, “Don’t Wait For The Next War,” couldn’t come at a better time. The nightly news has never been more depressing. We’re constantly bombarded with alarming geopolitical developments from across the globe.

Russia-Ukraine, Syria, ISIS, a nuclear Iran… it never ends.

As Gen. Clark notes in this book, “the lack of a national sense of purpose seems reflected in the vacuous 24-hour news cycle that captures every nuance of minor celebrities, the latest airline crash or lurid horror, but fails to track the major forces impacting the lives and futures of ordinary Americans.”

In “Next War,” Clark points out that the US has lacked a cohesive national strategy since becoming the sole global superpower after Cold War ended in 1989. Since then, 9/11 was the only event that united Americans on a national scale. . .

In fact, former ambassador to China and 2014 Republican Presidential candidate, Jon Huntsman said in a recent television appearance, “Of the four countries I’ve lived in, only one – the United States – doesn’t have a national strategic agenda.” . .

While Gen. Clark is perhaps best known for his 2004 Presidential campaign on the Democratic ticket, his ideal national strategy has significant bipartisan appeal. Candidates thinking about a 2016 campaign should at least have Gen. Clark on speed dial… possibly their ticket. “Next War” not only articulates what threats we face as a country, but how to combat them before they metastasize into another global conflict… hence the full title, “Don’t Wait for the Next War.”

http://www.benzinga.com/top-stories/14/10/4895553/long-gen-wesley-clarks-new-book-short-the-yen#ixzz3F1k6hjze


Buy it here: http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/hardcover/dont-wait-for-the-next-war/9781610394338

[yurbud]

1. So he knows how to beat Wall Street & big oil?

If not. ..

[elleng]

2. 'If you take away one message from this book

it’s that 24-hour media cycle has created a short-sighted culture.'

[Chan790]

3. That's not short-sighted...it's the goddamned priority.

We can remain in a perpetual war-state...perpetually...as far as I can care, if we achieve the real big objective of ending the tyranny of obscene wealth. The war-state is only sustainable in this corporatist MIC economy. The answer isn't opposing the perpetual war...that's the bright shiny distraction of the quislings in our own party.

To quote a favorite bumper sticker: "I'm not anti-war, I'm pro-class-war."

Eat the rich. Burn Wall St. to the ground. If you fix the economy and wage the class war, the MIC is brought to heel. If you concentrate on opposing the war du jour, you're never going to get anywhere.

Victory starts at home by getting rid of the idjits in our own party who want to focus on the topical so that they never have to address their own coziness with the real unrestrained capitalist enemy. We need fewer people like Wes Clark and Hillary Clinton.

[rhett o rick]

4. Interesting post. Which people do we need more of? nm

[Chan790]

5. Revolutionaries, apparently. n/t

[rhett o rick]

6. Maybe in the short term. We need a Teddy Roosevelt or Franklin Roosevelt. We can not win

without help from the 1%. We may need to have a peaceful revolution to convince them we need them, but we can't do it alone. A violent revolution would play directly into the hands of the oppressors.

[yurbud]

7. awesome point. War is welfare for the rich