General Sanchez
Last week, retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said that he supports Democratic legislation that calls for most troops to come home within a year.
Since leaving the Army, Sanchez warned that the war in Iraq was living a nightmare with no end in sight. He blames the Bush regime 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.
The former general denounce Bush’s handling of the war by stating: “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 is the most recent retired general to harshly criticize Bush’s conduct of the war. Asked why he waited nearly a year after his retirement to present his views, Sanchez said that it is not the place of active duty officers to challenge lawful orders from civilian authorities.
He added that civilian officials have been derelict in their duties and guilty of a lust for power. Nevertheless, Sanchez’s main criticism was leveled at Bush’s failure to mobilize our entire government, to contribute meaningfully to reconstruction and stabilization of Iraq.
He insists: “National leadership continues to believe that victory can be achieved by military power alone.... Continued manipulations and adjustments to our military strategy will not achieve victory.”
Sanchez claims that this administration has failed to craft a detailed strategy for achieving those steps that went beyond the use of military force. He concludes: “The administration, Congress and the entire inter-agency, especially the State Department, must shoulder responsibility for the catastrophic failure, and the American people must hold them accountable.”
Hopefully, they will be held accountable next November.
Since leaving the Army, Sanchez warned that the war in Iraq was living a nightmare with no end in sight. He blames the Bush regime 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.
The former general denounce Bush’s handling of the war by stating: “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 is the most recent retired general to harshly criticize Bush’s conduct of the war. Asked why he waited nearly a year after his retirement to present his views, Sanchez said that it is not the place of active duty officers to challenge lawful orders from civilian authorities.
He added that civilian officials have been derelict in their duties and guilty of a lust for power. Nevertheless, Sanchez’s main criticism was leveled at Bush’s failure to mobilize our entire government, to contribute meaningfully to reconstruction and stabilization of Iraq.
He insists: “National leadership continues to believe that victory can be achieved by military power alone.... Continued manipulations and adjustments to our military strategy will not achieve victory.”
Sanchez claims that this administration has failed to craft a detailed strategy for achieving those steps that went beyond the use of military force. He concludes: “The administration, Congress and the entire inter-agency, especially the State Department, must shoulder responsibility for the catastrophic failure, and the American people must hold them accountable.”
Hopefully, they will be held accountable next November.
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