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Post by redwolf on Oct 12, 2007 21:24:53 GMT -6
Ex-general: Iraq a 'nightmare' for USBy STEVEN KOMAROW, Associated Press Writer ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. mission in Iraq is a "nightmare with no end in sight" because of political misjudgments after the fall of Saddam Hussein that continue today, a former chief of U.S.-led forces said Friday. Full story here: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071013/ap_on_re_mi_ea/sanchez_iraq
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 13, 2007 6:17:01 GMT -6
bws,
Thanks for posting this. I had been looking for more details on this.
More from the story:
"Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded coalition troops for a year beginning June 2003, cast a wide net of blame for both political and military shortcomings in Iraq that helped open the way for the insurgency — such as disbanding the Saddam-era military and failing to cement ties with tribal leaders and quickly establish civilian government after Saddam was toppled.
He called current strategies — including the deployment of 30,000 additional forces earlier this year — a "desperate attempt" to make up for years of misguided policies in Iraq.
"There is no question that America is living a nightmare with no end in sight," Sanchez told a group of journalists covering military affairs....
The retired soldier stressed that it became clear during his command that the mission was severely handicapped because the State Department and other agencies were not adequately contributing to a mission that could not be won by military force alone.
When asked when he saw that the mission was going awry, he responded: "About the 15th of June 2003" — the day he took command.
"There is nothing going on today in Washington that would give us hope" that things are going to change, he said...."
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Post by blueneck on Oct 13, 2007 6:45:51 GMT -6
Which falls on Condi "mushroom cloud" Rice - one of the most ineffective S of S'es in recent history.
On the "Heckuva job Brownie" scale of incompetence she rates an 8.9 out of 10
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