Wesley Clark Quote

… they said, "Sir, we want to tell you a joke." I said, "You don't have time to tell me a joke." They said, "Oh, you gotta hear this one." So I came in, they shut the door, and they said, "Here's"— I said, "What's the joke?" I said, "What's the joke?" They said, "9/11. Saddam Hussein. If he didn't do it, too bad. He should've! Because we're gonna get him anyway." I said, "But that's not funny." I said, "That's not very funny." They said, "It sure isn't."


Recalling a conversation with unidentified generals at the Pentagon "about ten days after 9/11" (circa September 21, 2001).


… they said, Sir, we want to tell you a joke. I said, You don't have time to tell me a joke. They said, Oh, you gotta hear this one. So I came in,...

… they said, Sir, we want to tell you a joke. I said, You don't have time to tell me a joke. They said, Oh, you gotta hear this one. So I came in,...

… they said, Sir, we want to tell you a joke. I said, You don't have time to tell me a joke. They said, Oh, you gotta hear this one. So I came in,...

… they said, Sir, we want to tell you a joke. I said, You don't have time to tell me a joke. They said, Oh, you gotta hear this one. So I came in,...