Ex-Iraq Commander Says Bring Troops Home

[Stinky The Clown]

Source: Associated Press

Ex-Iraq Commander Says Bring Troops Home

By ANNE FLAHERTY – 14 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top commander in Iraq shortly after the fall of Baghdad, said this week he supports Democratic legislation that calls for most troops to come home within a year.

His comments come as welcomed ammunition for the Democratic-controlled Congress in its standoff with the White House on war spending. This month, the House passed a $50 billion bill that would pay for combat operations but sets the goal that combat end by Dec. 15, 2008. The White House threatened to veto the measure, and Senate Republicans blocked it from passing.

The Pentagon on Tuesday said that as many as 200,000 civilian employees and contractors will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress approves a war spending bill that President Bush will sign.

"The improvements in security produced by the courage and blood of our troops have not been matched by a willingness on the part of Iraqi leaders to make the hard choices necessary to bring peace to their country," Sanchez said in remarks to be aired Saturday for the weekly Democratic radio address.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. "No way, Ricardo. Not till we wring every penny of profit out of the oil." - Commander AWOL

"I'm the War President, and I'm the Decider, so 'Who Cares What You Think?'

"As long as there are Massive Profits to be made by me and my cabal of corrupt republicon homelander cronies, we will continue to expend American lives and treasure in our Crusade of Nation Building and Profit Making. Oh yeah, too bad about all the dead people and stuff."

- Commander AWOL

[seriousstan]

2. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez was in charge during Abu Ghraib. So now we listen to him why?

[Amonester]

3. Maybe he's having a hard time finding any sleep...

and we, progressives, are all about doing our best to help all who suffer sleepless nights with no end in sight...

Compassion (the real thing), and a need for the truth to prevail (as opposed to the new/old GOP catapults of "everything is getting more and more rosy in Iraq" which is another lie repeated over and over again).

[tabasco]

4. Because he's a 3-star with an opinion.

You love the war, don't you Stan?