Former Four Star NATO Commanders Grow on Trees  by: Matt Stoller
Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 15:19  Raising Kaine first reported that Wes
Clark won't be at the Democratic National Convention.  Steve
Clemons is now reporting that Clark was actually actually
disinvited.     And there we go.  I heard this situation went
down slightly differently than how Steve reports, though the
outcome was the same.  Meanwhile, here's Clark making sense of
the Georgia-Russia situation.  Clearly, we'd rather hear about
how to handle this delicate military tussle from Evan Bayh and
Ken Salazar.  I do want to point out how deeply we respect John
McCain's service to his country, though of course, Wes Clark's
34 years in the military and near fatal wounds in Vietnam are
kind of yawners.  Incidentally, I could see this situation with
Clark changing, as the Georgia-Russia conflict does change the
political dynamics.  ... There's some discussion as to whether
this was some sort official 'disinvitation'.  In general, such
things do not exist,