Move over, Scott: General Ricardo Sanchez's New Book: Bush's "blunder of historic proportions"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

General Ricardo Sanchez's Book Slams Bush, Iraq Handling

Washington Post | June 2, 2008 10:51 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/02/general-ricardo-sanchezs_n_104664.html

The Washington Post points out that in the hubbub of the McClellan book, another scathing memoir has come out exposing the truth behind Iraq.

Getting lost in the media furor over McClellan's memoir is the new autobiography of retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the onetime commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, who is scathing in his assessment that the Bush administration "led America into a strategic blunder of historic proportions."

Among the anecdotes in "Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story" is an arresting portrait of Bush after four contractors were killed in Fallujah in 2004, triggering a fierce U.S. response that was reportedly egged on by the president.

During a videoconference with his national security team and generals, Sanchez writes, Bush launched into what he described as a "confused" pep talk:

"Kick ass!" he quotes the president as saying. "If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! This Vietnam stuff, this is not even close. It is a mind-set. We can't send that message. It's an excuse to prepare us for withdrawal."



"And Sanch-y, yer doin' a heck of a job. Just promise me you won't ever write a book, Stretch.

:rofl:

[xartlu]

1. bush and democracy

If Bush truly cared about democracy he'd never have contested the 2000 election where the People clearly voted NOT to give him their consent to govern. Nor would he and Rove try to sabotage Democratic voter turnout as they have in the US.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Bush is a Self Interest guy...democracy?? whad dat??

[C_U_L8R]

3. Looks like the door is gonna hit Bush on the way out

Heckovajob Bushie. Heckovajob.

[Supersedeas]

4. a War President??

[underpants]

5. as per "Fiasco" Sanchez and Bremer rarely spoke and they both are mostly to blame

on the gorund. Bush of course "owns' this puppy