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By: Let’s Destroy And Discredit A Former Military Bush Administration Critic » The Moderate Voice

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:50:29 +0000

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By: Sanchez - The Rest of The Speech

Sanchez - The Rest of The Speech — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:29:19 +0000

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By: RockyTermanini

RockyTermanini — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:10:59 +0000

General Ricardo Sanchez testimony about Iraq nightmare is another nail in Bushâ€™s coffin. I am glad that he got out of his closet and voiced his frustration. What amazes me is that our beloved president has no vision of the present or the future. Many citizen still eat his bullshit and think it is a piece of candy. His â€œlaissez fairâ€ attitude is defies any religion. He is going to cruise the rest of his term and pass dirty laundry to the next president. Bravo Mr. President.

By: domajot

domajot — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:26:42 +0000

Stevesh-
And how does what you sayy change Sanchez’s own record or standing?

The nation is in a quagmire in Iraq.
Sanchez says nothing to enlighten that others haven’t said bejore him and he does not redeem himself by saying it.

He’s just a hiccup in the midst of a debate.

By: stevesh

stevesh — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:21:54 +0000

Although, apparently, American citizens cannot be left to assess the General’s remarks on our own, the actual speech is here:

http://www.militaryreporters.org/sanchez_101207.html

An excerpt follows. Enjoy. Caps in the original!

“IT SEEMS THAT CONGRESS RECOGNIZES THAT THE MILITARY CANNOT ACHIEVE VICTORY ALONE IN THIS WAR. YET THEY CONTINUE TO DEMAND VICTORY FROM OUR MILITARY. WHO WILL DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FAILURE OF OUR NATIONAL POLITICAL LEADERS INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT THIS WAR? THEY HAVE UNQUESTIONABLY BEEN DERELICT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY. IN MY PROFESSION, THESE TYPE OF LEADERS WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE RELIEVED OR COURTMARTIALED.”

By: krit

krit — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:57:55 +0000

This is one of those situations when there’s enough blame to spread around. Sanchez own hands are not clean, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been pursuing a deeply flawed strategy for years either. He does seem to have an axe to grind , however. Its impossible to sort out who was accountable for all of the decisions leading into and surrounding the conduct of this disasterous war, as everyone involved is obfuscating or finger pointing.

The part of his statements that I do believe is that those who planned the war lacked moral courage and allowed themselves to fallaciously believe that we would be greeted as liberators, when there was ample evidence to the contrary. It also seems evident that we are stuck in an endless war because of the flawed strategy, and that the surge is more of a holding pattern than anything else.

Of course, any decrease in death and violence is always welcome, so Gen. Petraeus should be commended for achieving that. Its just that Iraq’s fate is out of our hands now. The military part is the only part that we can even partially control, but that won’t have any affect on the Iraqi government, and won’t provide water, electricity and jobs.

By: Somebody

Somebody — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:56:41 +0000

Here is another telling article about the late great General.

Sanchez retired from the Army last year, two years after he completing a tumultuous year as commander of all U.S. forces in Iraq. As he stepped down, he called his career a casualty of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

He was never charged with anything but he was not promoted in the aftermath of the prisoner abuse reports. He was criticized by some for not doing more to avoid mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners.

This is that hippy era movement culture rearing its ugly head. Blame anything and everything but ME. He reminds me of Jake Blues in the blues brother in the sewer as Carrie Fisher holds a gun on him threatening to kill him for not showing up for their wedding.

“There was a flood. My car broke down. My tux didnt come back from the tailor. Their was an earthquake, I had a headache!”

“ITS NOT MY FAULT!”

By: domajot

domajot — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:30:50 +0000

I can’t help it. The past colors the value I can give to Sandhez’s words. Abu Graib and all that it mens is just too terrible to put aside.

As I remember, Investigaions found that lack of oversight and some of the interrogation techniques Sanchez had authorized were part of what led to the scandal. He blamed politics for his troubles.
Even if that’s true, I would say that the finger of blame should also be pointed at his own poor judgment.

Now, when reading his words, it’s hard to forget what sort of man has wriitten them.

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Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:47:25 +0000

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