I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE MEANING OF "BLANK"

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"I didn't believe last year we should have given George Bush a blank check in Iraq. He said he was going to go to the U.N., instead he started a war. Now we're trying to give him another blank check. There's no telling what's going to happen." --Gen. Wesley Clark, during a Democrat presidential debate (emphasis mine)

That "blank check" has lots of zeroes on it--it's the $87 billion approved to help rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. Does one of his campaign handlers need to sit him down and explain the meaning of "blank."

Maybe they should also warm the suit with stars up on a little history: Bush did go to the UN. Remember, the big speech, Syria voting with us, all that? He even got it to pass a resolution, numbered 1441, which called for Saddam Hussein to allow inspectors to return and for serious consequences if he didn't fully comply.

He didn't fully comply. He got his serious consequences, as per 1441. Clark needs to get a clue.