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Ex-Commander In Iraq Faults War Strategy
'No End in Sight,' Says Retired General Sanchez
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 13, 2007; Page A01


Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, who led U.S. forces in Iraq for a year after the March 2003 invasion, accused the Bush administration yesterday of going to war with a "catastrophically flawed" plan and said the United States is "living a nightmare with no end in sight."

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Finally, the truth comes out: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, our homegrown axis of evil, were grossly incompetent in leading the United States into an invasion and occupation of Iraq. Surely it is a slow news day for both the Washington Post and New York Times to make this a front page story. Is there any sentient soul in the world who does not realize that the BushCheneyRummy plan (we use the term loosely) was "catastrophically flawed"? Is there anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear who does not realize that the United States is "living a nightmare with no end in sight'? Sanchez Sez: Bears Poop in the Woods!!!

What makes the Sanchez story newsworthy of course is simply the fact that it is the former top military commander in Iraq who is publicly uttering what is obvious to everyone. Sanchez Admits 'Water Runs Downhill"!!! Sanchez will undoubtedly be blasted by the likes of Rush, Sean, Laura, Glenn and the rest of the Fox News crowd. He will be blamed for everything from Abu Ghraib to the embarassing executions of Saddam and the guy who was decapitated by the noose. The Decider will magnanimously stay above the fray while his henchmen and apparatchiks busy themselves calumniating Sanchez the Failure. Nonetheless, the nation and the world know that Sanchez speaks the unutterable truth: the Republican, neocon, Israel-pushed adventure in Iraq is another American failure much like (dare we say it?) Vietnam. Are the generals to blame? Sure. Is the press to blame? Sure. Is the Department of Defense to blame? Sure. Is the State Department to blame? Sure. Are Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld and their neocon diehard supporters and apologists to blame? Sure. We would need more arms than an octopus and more fingers than Shiva to point out all who are to blame for this catastrophe. Alas, all we need is a mirror to see that we too are to blame for following silently and meekly as the criminals in Washington led the nation into this Slough of Despond.