Wesley Clark's 'Seven Countries in Five Years' Memo — LinkedIn

In 2007, retired General Wesley Clark — former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO — gave an account that has circulated for nearly two decades without ever being formally confirmed or debunked. He described being told at the Pentagon, shortly after 9/11, that the decision to invade Iraq had already been made. Weeks later, the same officer allegedly showed him a memo outlining a five-year campaign against seven governments: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. It's important to be precise about what this is: Clark's personal recollection of a conversation, not a document that has surfaced publicly or been authenticated. Treat it as testimony, not evidence. What is verifiable is the track record since. Four of the seven states named have experienced direct US military engagement in the years that followed. Whether that reflects a coordinated plan or a series of independently justified interventions remains an open, contested question — and one worth examining with the same rigor we'd apply to any unverified claim shaping how we read the last two decades of conflict. Full breakdown on the site. #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #USForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #GlobalPolitics #InternationalRelations #NavvyaSignal