RamseyClark never met an enemy of America he didn't like. As the world prepares for the war crimes trial of the Butcher of Baghdad, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, none other than Ramsey "America is Evil" Clark is on the case -- at least he hopes he'll be on the case. Clark wants to join the legions of attorneys trying to save one of history's most brutal and vicious dictators. The hero of the American left rides again, this time into Iraq.

To be sure, Ramsey Clark is not known as an effective and successful lawyer -- he wins few cases -- but he always manages to find a platform on which he can indulge in his favorite activity: bashing the United States of America. Colonel David Hunt, a Fox News Channel military analyst, called Clark simply "a loser...a stupid man."

But not everyone is familiar with this former Democrat Party hack other than perhaps the fact he's a former attorney general. Many who knew him, or knew of him, would say that he was to the office of US Attorney General what Jimmy Carter was to the Presidency -- a man without a clue who can't shut his mouth now that he's out of office.

Clark's father was attorney general during the Roosevelt Administration before being appointed Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. Ramsey, a law school graduate from the University of Chicago was appointed assistant attorney general by John F. Kennedy and eventually became attorney general under Lyndon Johnson.

Clark was an avowed enemy of American cops in his position as AG. He often accused police officers of misconduct even before a preliminary investigation was completed. For instance, after the Los Angeles riots, he was more interested in attempting to indict cops and National Guard troops for allegations of excessive force than in arresting and indicting rioters who burned, looted and assaulted on the streets of LA. He also opposed the death penalty, yet defended some of society's worst killers including Sheik Omar El-Rahman -- the so-called Blind Sheik -- who masterminded the first World Trade Center terrorist attack in 1993. He also defended Leonard Peltier, a Native-American activist who murdered two FBI agents.

In 1980, in the midst of the Iranian Hostage Crisis Ramsey flew to Tehran not to help the US hostages but to take part in a "Crimes in America" symposium. He also supported Libya's dictator Col. Qadaffi after Reagan bombed Tripoli. There was also an anti-Semitic side to Clark when he defended pro-bono the Palestinian terrorists who hijacked the ocean liner the Achille Lauro and murdered a wheelchair bound Leon Klinghoffer, whom they threw into the ocean, wheelchair and all. He's also defended former Nazis against extradition to Israel and Russia. His anti-Semitism stems from his close relationship with Lyndon Larouche, the political madman, whom Clark defended during Larouche's trial on charges of bilking his supporters out of millions dollars. Some of Clark's rhetoric sounds eerily similar to Larouche's.

There were whispers in Washington that during the Vietnam and Cold Wars, Clark may have leaked classified information to the North Vietnamese and the Soviets, but there was never an investigation conducted into these rumors, in spite of overwhelming evidence that Clark had and continues to have close ties to the Workers World Party, an admitted Stalinist group. Whenever there is genocide or atrocities -- real atrocities -- Clark is always on the case on behalf of the perpetrators including his work defending militias in Rwanda.

Clark is founder of the International Action Center, an organization linked to communist and socialist organizations throughout the world. He claims his group is the largest antiwar movement in the United States. He's a vitriolic critic of US military actions around the globe, and he calls government officials "international outlaws," accusing them of "killing innocent people because we don't like their leader[s]."

Always there for America's enemies, Clark has visited Iraq, North Vietnam, Serbia, and other countries to investigate the effects of American bombing and economic sanctions wherever they occur. About the Iraq sanctions, he said, "They're like the neutron bomb, which is the most inspired of all weapons, because it kills the people and preserves the property, the wealth. So you get the wealth and you don't have the baggage of the hungry, clamoring poor." A true giant of liberal intellect, Clark never explained that statement to the unwashed masses. His usual speeches combine hyperbole with fantasy.

After the Gulf War, in 1991, Clark really went off the edge when he initiated a war-crimes tribunal, which tried and found guilty President George H. W. Bush and Generals Colin Powell and Norman Schwarzkopf, among others. Of course, the moron couldn't figure out how to incarcerate the three defendants since the tribunal was composed of like-minded liberals who'd rather talk than fight -- and talk and talk and talk.

One decorated Marine, Sid Francis, laughed and said Clark would have been slapped silly if he ever tried to strong-arm Powell or Schwartzkopf. "Powell would have b*tch slapped Clark if he even attempted to fulfill his "Fantasy Island" conviction."

Clark's non-bestselling book The Fire This Time -- ironically published by Thunder's Mouth Press -- described the crimes he claims were committed by US and NATO forces during the Gulf War. Of course, he failed to address the atrocities Saddam's hordes inflicted on the people of Kuwait. And again, his book was filled with hearsay.

When asked during an interview why he focuses on the alleged crimes of his own country (allegations he himself makes up), instead of those committed by Iraq, Clark says that we, as citizens, need to announce our principles and "force our government to adhere to them. When you see your government violating those principles, you have the highest obligation to correct what your government does, not point the finger at someone else." Well said. However, Clark is expected -- if he is allowed to join Saddam's "dream team" -- to do exactly the opposite of his comment about fingerpointing. He will attempt to make the trial about US actions and about President Bush and General Tommy Franks.

Clark's allegations are and were always based on hearsay and conjecture. If someone tells him an Iraqi soldier committed an atrocity, he demands proof beyond of shadow of a doubt. If an American soldier is accused, Clark unleashes his vitriol about how evil the US military conducts itself in a war. Of course, Clark was never a member of the military. He was never a cop. He's the pampered son of a Supreme Court justice whose one pursuit of elected office ended in disaster. If one must say something complimentary about Ramsey Clark, it would have to be that Clark openly says what many liberals in America believe but can't say or they wouldn't be elected to office. Senator Dick Durbin's recent outburst on the floor of the US Senate -- when he compared US soldiers to Nazis -- is a perfect example. Durbin offered a tepid apology. Ramsey Clark apologizes to no one.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police