"We will never succeed in protecting this country if we become what they are"
But success in this new age of warfare requires winning battles of ideas, holding alliances together, respecting international law and removing the humiliation and outrage many Arabs feel in the face of American occupation, Clark said.Incidents like Abu Graib only feed recruitment for al-Qaida, and Iraq has become the overriding political issue across America, he said.
Regaining American legitimacy can't be achieved "until we can clear the decks of Iraq and the mistaken idea that the global war on terrorism can be won by military force," Clark said.
