what? I come home and no Richardo Sanchez threads? have we given up schenfreude??

[NMDemDist2]

Gen. Sanchez assails Bush, others for Iraq 'nightmare' (emphasis added)



The former U.S. commander in Iraq, retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, has delivered a withering indictment of the the White House's handling of the war, telling a gathering of military journalists that "America is living a nightmare with no end in sight.”

“There was been a glaring and unfortunate display of incompetent strategic leadership within our national leaders,” said Sanchez, who commanded U.S. forces from June 2003 to July 2004.

"After more than fours 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," Sanchez said, adding that a military-only strategy will simply "stave off defeat," not achieve victory. “From a catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan, to the administration’s latest surge strategy, this administration has failed to employ and synchronize the political, economic and military power.”

He also also assailed government officials of being “derelict in their duties” and guilty of a “lust for power."

"The administration, Congress and the entire inter-agency, especially the State Department, must shoulder the responsibility for this catastrophic failure and the American people must hold them accountable."

[seemslikeadream]

1. ...

:hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2035603#2035607

[NMDemDist2]

3. thanks, I K&R'd that one instead

:hi:

[jayfish]

2. What's To Say?

This is nothing new. When all is said and done, BushCo. will make Sanchez look like a fool or better yet mentally unstable. Then, the next time Sanchez is asked about what he said he will back away from his comments.

Jay

[TwilightGardener]

4. All sorts of people are going to start crawling out of the woodwork

to state the obvious, to protect their own asses. Of course it's a disaster, of course there's no accountability, of course there's been a dereliction of duty by the administration and the agencies involved--and still, it rages on. It's nice to see high-ranking people come out and say this stuff, but what can we do at this point but shrug and wait for 2009?

[TahitiNut]

5. Oh, yeah?? How much money has HE made for Halliburton?

It's easy to criticize Cheney/Bush, but they've DELIVERED billions in profits to their corporate cronies!

:eye:

[tech3149]

6. I got home a little after 9:00 EST and that was one of the first posts I read

Things move pretty fast here so posts get buried pretty fast. Miss a few hours and you can miss a lot. It's no wonder the average Joe doesn't have a clue what's really going on in the world. It takes a lot of time and energy to keep up with important news. Thanks for keeping the story in the flow.