General Sanchez (of Abu Ghraib infamy) on Friday assailed the Bush administration and called the Bush administration’s handling of the war incompetent and warned that the United States was “living a nightmare with no end in sight.” In a speech, his first since retirement, he blamed the Bush administration for a “catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan” and denounced the current “surge” strategy as a “desperate” move that will not achieve long-term stability. “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,” Mr. Sanchez said at a gathering here of military reporters and editors, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Sanchez, it was reported is the most senior of administration generals to have criticized the administration and many say he has opened himself up to criticism because of his role in the Abu Ghraib scandal, though he was cleared.
He went on to say: “there was been a glaring and unfortunate display of incompetent strategic leadership within our national leaders,” he said, adding later in his remarks that civilian officials have been “derelict in their duties” and guilty of a “lust for power.”
No response from the administration yet, but see here Bush thanking Sanchez for his leadership. My question is will they (by they I mean the crazy right win thugs) go after General Sanchez as a phony soldier? Is he a terrorist sympathizer? How will this attack pan out? I can only wonder, but it will most likely surprise us all.
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