Clark don't agree with it.
2007-12-28 21:49:15 · 7 answers · asked by tyrone b 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Wesley Clark is against it because he would never had made that rank.
2007-12-28 21:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The United States has NOT had a 5-Star officer since 1950, nor has there been serious discussion of doing so again... so I don't see the point of your question.
The US Military has only had NINE 5 Stars (4 Admirals / 5 Generals), with Omar Bradley advanced 20 September 1950 (when Clark was 6 years OLD).
Wesley Clark has been retired for 7 years... he never held the 5 star rank, nor was IN the military during a time when there WAS a Five-Star General / Admiral. Clark's military career began July 2, 1962 when he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point.
2007-12-29 01:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A 5 star General (or Admiral for the Navy) is only used in a time of war when the U.S. Commanding Officer must be of equal or higher rank of those from other countries. During WWII (and the Korean War), there was a need for it. Since then, there haven't been, but it is still a rank that could be used again in the future.
2007-12-28 22:21:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mutt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our country, to my knowledge, has only promoted military personnel to the rank of five-star general during times of World War and for the purpose of commanding all allied troupes in a theater of operation.
2007-12-28 21:56:50 · answer #4 · answered by Bwana 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There have been no 5-star officers in the U.S. military since MacArthur and Bradley. What are you talking about?
2007-12-29 02:30:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clark lives by a policy it's: "can't get it, sabotage it"
2007-12-28 22:07:41 · answer #6 · answered by Black 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None have been since Korea so I am guessing that it is not necessary since it has not been done.
2007-12-28 23:36:42 · answer #7 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋