Reply #50: Clark has consistently advocated that we look at the root issues..... [View All]

[FrenchieCat]

Of terrorism. That poverty, hopelessness and extremism taught are the root causes of terrorism.

Clark believes in American Soft Power....meaning the power that the United States holds when it lives by the value it professes and leads by example, not forcing change at the point of a gun! He believes that Blue Jeans and Music is more powerful than bombs.

NYT article dated October 2003 -
"Besides sidling out of Iraq, a President Clark would strengthen ''and use'' international institutions, ''repair'' trans-Atlantic relations, ''resolve'' the nuclear challenges of North Korea and Iran, help settle ''disputes'' between India and Pakistan and Israel and the Palestinians, and help to ''ease the ongoing conflicts'' in Africa. He would increasingly employ ''the weapons of law enforcement rather than warfare in attacking terrorism,'' focus more on the ''root causes'' of Islamic terrorism and provide ''substantial economic and political development assistance'' to stimulate ''far-reaching reforms in critical societies in the Middle East.''"
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00EEDA173EF935A15753C1A9659C8B63&sec=&pagewanted=2