Ex-general calls Iraq a ‘nightmare’
Ricardo Sanchez says the war’s US political leaders are “incompetent” and “inept”.
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March 2006: Major General Paul Eaton, in charge of training the Iraqi army, describes Donald Rumsfeld, former US defence secretary, as “not competent” to lead the armed forces. April 2006: Major General John Batiste, formerly head of the US army’s First Infantry Division, says the government had “repeatedly ignored sound military advice.” Advertisement
September 2007: General Sir Mike Jackson, the head of the British army during the invasion of Iraq calls the US strategy “intellectually bankrupt”. September 2007: Major General Tim Cross, a senior British officer involved in post-war planning, describes US policy in Iraq was “fatally flawed” |
“Continued manipulations and adjustments to our military strategy will not achieve victory,” he said. “The best we can do with this flawed approach is stave off defeat.”
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“Iraq is still under foreign occupation and Iraqis continue to die in great numbers” albaghawy, Luxembourg Advertisement
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Sanchez, however, had a starkly different view. “There is nothing going on today in Washington that would give us hope,” he insisted.