ם Wesley Clark Almost Starting World War III in Kosovo. Wesley Clark's record as Clinton's general was nothing to boast about even before Clinton fired him. Most notably, apparently only the insubordination of a British general saved Clark from responsibility for starting hostilities with the Russians. The story is in National Review.

Second, after the fighting had ended he ordered British General Sir Mike Jackson to block Russian troops from occupying the airport in Pristina, Kosovo. "I'm not going to start the Third World War for you," Jackson replied. At least most Americans would have known Clark's name had he managed to get NATO into a shooting war with Russia after the West had peacefully won the Cold War.

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