Clark has "judgment" problems from his Balkans experience; he tried to get British troops to attack Russians holding the Pristina Airport. He was retired soon after.
Much more of the would have come out.
false. He ordered them to block the runway, not to fire.
Here is the article from the BBC:
'Third World War'
General Wesley Clark, Nato's supreme commander, immediately ordered 500 British and French paratroopers to be put on standby to occupy the airport.
''I called the [Nato] Secretary General [Javier Solana] and told him what the circumstances were,'' General Clark tells the BBC programme Moral Combat: Nato at War.
''He talked about what the risks were and what might happen if the Russian's got there first, and he said: 'Of course you have to get to the airport'.
''I said: 'Do you consider I have the authority to do so?' He said: 'Of course you do, you have transfer of authority'.''
But General Clark's plan was blocked by General Sir Mike Jackson, K-For's British commander.
"I'm not going to start the Third World War for you," he reportedly told General Clark during one heated exchange.
General Jackson tells the BBC: ''We were [looking at] a possibility....of confrontation with the Russian contingent which seemed to me probably not the right way to start off a relationship with Russians who were going to become part of my command.''
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/671495.stmHe wanted the British to "confront" them; what did he expect them to do say "pretty please with sugar on it?"
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