George W. Bush and his Republican supporters are always saying that we should listen to the generals when it comes to Iraq. So, let’s listen to what Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the man that Bush chose to lead the fight in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, has to say about Bush’s past and present strategy in Iraq: “After more than four years of fighting, America continues its desperate struggle in Iraq without any concerted effort to devise a strategy that will achieve victory in that war torn country, or in the greater conflict against extremism. From a catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan to the administration’s latest surge strategy, this administration has failed to employ and synchronize its political, economic and military power. The latest revised strategy is a desperate attempt by the administration that has not accepted the political and economic realities of this war, and they have definitely not been able to communicate effectively that reality to the American people.”
No strategy that could achieve victory and no effort to devise such a strategy: That’s what a general has to say about Bush’s record in Iraq. Why isn’t George W. Bush listening?
(Source: Voice of America, October 12, 2007)
