Wes Clark in New Hampshire March 3, 2007
Posted by jenmarie in Iran, energy, fund-raiser, global warming/extreme climate change.trackback
March 3, 2007
By Dave R. Choate
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“This administration’s foreign policy, in my mind, has not been adept,” Clark said. “I’ve been saying for years now that the Iraq war was one we did not have to fight, and with Iran the military option should be the last resort, after this country uses diplomacy and economic leverage.”
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On the subject of China’s recent anti-satellite missile launch, Clark said he saw the move as both a test of technology and a show of power. He said the best course of action for the U.S. would be to maintain a friendly relationship with the growing world power.
“We should consider a global environment in which it is no longer larger powers and smaller powers fighting. It’s important for the world to rebuild an international consensus behind the United Nations, so force is not proscribed for every situation,” Clark said.
He also asserted that energy efficiency was critical for the environment. Clark said he would favor the creation of a national energy policy that would restrict carbon usage to the lowest possible level and help make citizens more aware of the problem.
“It’s easy to say (that there’s no global warming) when it’s March and there’s snow on the ground in New Hampshire,” he said. “A lot of people say it’s a cycle, and yes, that’s partly true, but the majority of that impact is in greenhouse gases.”
Clark was in Portsmouth for a fund-raiser for U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., who he described as “really terrific.”
Shea-Porter worked on Clark’s campaign in 2003 and he returned the favor by appearing alongside her at a late-October forum in Hampton Falls.
“(Shea-Porter) has an incredible grasp of the issues. I think she’s a wonderful representative, and maybe that’s just the start of it,” Clark said.
~full article at Portsmouth Herald
