Seems to me that this story deserved more coverage.

Cowboys with the lust for power. Shoot first ask question later.

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I watched his speech followed by a Q&A session on C-SPAN. Talk about disingenuous. And lousy follow up questions.

He wouldn't name who was at fault for the poor planning, just the NSC, but what exactly they failed to do he wouldn't specify.

He defended a general carrying out his duty, as it's the bedrock of the Constitution, but no one asked him nor did he offer to explain if he knew it was a disaster when he took over 15 June, he didn't resign 16 June.

He pretty much admitted to the torture at Abu Ghraib, but instead of saying it was wrong he merely slammed those who authorized it for allowing the entire chain of command up to...he rambled off but I assume he meant himself as having been dishonored by the administration's decision.

He talks about the need for a bipartisan solution, but doesn't address it's the administration who has told Congress to shut up and color, that it's their way or the highway.

He talks about the need for ethical reporting and for penalties to be imposed, but no one in the audience (military reporters) bothered to ask him how the Army punished those who falsely reported the Jessica Lynch story or the Pat Tillman coverup.

He doesn't believe invading Iraq was a mistake because if he did he would say so. He says he's not a policymaker, but the decision was made by and supported by leaders throughout the world and our country. Not once does he mention it was sold as a lie (no link to 9-11, no WMDs, no ability to hurt us or his immediate neighbors, no signs he was about to launch any type of offensive action).

He blames Bremer for the disbanding of the military, but none of the reporters is smart enough to ask him how palatable would that have been to keep 400,000 Sunnis in uniform who had terrorized 20 million Shiites and Kurds.

I don't know who angered me more, Sanchez and his half truths or the pussy reporters.

It's great the General is stating what we all have known for years, some of us before we invaded Iraq, who were dead set against it. But why in the hell didn't he speak out when he could have saved some of our soldiers lives?
We have been in this endless bloody mess which has cost the American people billions, looks like were going to hit a trillion, we have had one General after another, and they all wait of course until their command is over then they say, it's a mess. I say, they are all in part responsible, for going before camers and stating that everything is a o.k. when they knew there wasn't any plan, when there wasn't enough equipment, when there wasn't enough military. It's cost this country in blood, money, world standing and maybe our demise as the great power we were once. I can only hope for my all my grandchildren that come 2008 we see a new country emerge, one that is more caring and strong, who secures it's borders and starts worrying about the American people, instead of telling everyone else how to live there lives, and who should run their countries. I say provide humanitarian help, but a policy of shoot first and talk later is something that goes against our Constitution, and our values. That seems to be something that a good many Republicans don't seem to understand.

Cowboys with the lust for power. Shoot first ask question later.

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Kudos to General Sanchez. It's a shame that Dubya, the emperor without clothes, doesn't have the desire, spine and fortitude to hear the truth from his underlings until they leave their positions.

Anyone else notice that nobody who leaves this administration has anything good to say about Bush & Co. after they leave? There have been a couple that have said nothing, but those who have anything to say, always say something negative.

The real tragedy here is that this general, like Patreaus and so many other of our other military leaders, is a spineless coward - pond scum.

This man knew that Iraq was a clusterfuck, but was afraid to speak up, afraid to tell the truth, afraid to tell the American people what he saw.

So many of these chickenshit generals are willing to come forward after they retire - but by then IT'S TOO LATE.

They are all weasels, afraid of the Shinseki Syndrome -- where the truth gets you fired.

Is it better to be fired or live a life of lies - watching brave young men and women get slaughtered - to protect your own sorry ass? I think that the former is the better choice.

The culture of the military YES MAN needs to be changed. While I appreciate the need for the grunts to follow orders, by the time you reach the general's rank you have to have the balls to spreak up.

I do wonder whether it was rummie or bush that told this guy to clam up. But the general must accept the responsibility for thousands of deaths because of his cowardice.

I hope you enjoy your tax payer funder pension general.

Fighting the situation reminds of the movie'Species' ....................................................................................................................................discussing a Grand Political Solution of the Entire Regional crisis should be every American Politician's priority.

Exactly a while ago former Carter administeration US Secretary of state Zbignew Brezinski was online at CNN Late Show with Wolf Blitzer and going on about some allegation of a force he believed Iran was about to make or had raised. He was discussing the 'small operative' part whereas a full region or continent is effected , and showing himself wellinformed. Look at these trash heads!.
In 1981 he came to Pakistan and started fingering Pakistani's to fight afganistani Communist Junta and even went to Khyber Pass border between Pakistan and Afganistan and tested a G3 rifle shot towards north ,that took him off his feet too. the direction Brezinski's were born.
I was then critical about these guys ,today they sit online and discuss small operations that pushes the fight talk and time only . No overall situation or a grand political sum up of the war comes from them. The war they started is still on, because USA is fighting itself now . But they have no answers to it. All this time when the country on the other side has changed so many times.Have they no gentleman manners or is The US short of ettiquette ?
Where were these same leaders when The Communists gave away?
And why did'nt they go there or send an envoy to conclude the war, and enlistments, they poured billions of US Tax Payer money ?
Didnt they have to tell the Mujahedeen 'thankyou we take it from here, and since The USA has a obligation of maintaining Democracy worldwide ,we open heartedly invite all the millions of Afgans across the border as equals and resettle them .
Afganistan is not a poor country except they cannot get the expensive time these illitrate butts get. A strwberry creme cake fits there face well! somebody!

I have to ask, why didn't this Lt Gen speak up while in command???? That would of been more effective that this.

Cowboys with the lust for power. Shoot first ask question later.

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So another 'disgruntled' General with a bone to pick with the present administration voices his 'opinion' about the war effort. Gen Sanchez was 'hung' out to dry by the administration for Abu Ghraib. He was 'forced' to retire. Which isn't bad considering much lower ranking soldeirs are serving jail time. Innuendos and opinions are plentiful. Let's see some factual information to back up his claim, or like all else on the left, it's just more HOTAIR.

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WHY IS IT THAT THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE STOPPED DOING FRONT PAGE STORIES ON IRAQ?

It is as if the Iraq Bush War is no longer worthy of the public's attention in the opinion of the media. They should be ashamed.

NOW START TALKING ABOUTH THE ILLEGAL STUFF !!!
Great he is willing to finally see the errors of their ways (just as culpable), but he needs to start giving proof of their treason. Then I'll lend him my ear. Otherwise you're just trying to cover your ass- not gonna happen buddy. Keep him name on the list for indictment for treason.Stupidity nor ignorance is a viable defense. He was derelct in his duty to protect & defend the Constitution and the people of our great country. His duty is not to the President it is to US! He failed through compliance, therefore complicity.

How many times, and from how many reputable sources, do the neocon Bush worshippers have to hear this before it finally sinks in?! Will they now work diligently to swiftboat and disrespect General Sanchez the same way they have relentlessly abased decorated war veterans like Kerry and Murtha? Has America finally caught on to the colossal sham that is neocon patriotism?

Maybe... just maybe a "nightmare without end" was their goal all along. Privatized military, $80-plus a barrel oil, the opposition party neutralized under the claims of anti-patriotism, wire-tapping, renditions... anything else I left out?

Another in a long list of retired U.S. generals who have decided not to Betray Us.

All it took was a decision to honor his oath to protect and defend the constitution, which he was able to do by telling the truth.

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Anybody but the delusional, power-mad, tunnel-visioned, and blindly patriotic should have been able to foresee the result in Iraq. To send troops to die into a country that was immorally and illegally invaded, and lie about it, as well as destroying the country in the process, is so blatantly wrong that it is impossible to overstate the damage that has been done. The Bush administration is a national catastrophe and tragedy; the Democratic Party is useless, and what is more, complicit. The Republicans are mad. The media is corrupt. The Armed Forces have been decimated. Our economy is staggering to the tune of a total cost to the taxpayers of over a trillion dollars when this ends with an inevitable defeat. This country, all of us, will pay a heavy price for many, many years.

BAGHDAD - The civilian death toll in Iraq fell to its lowest level in recent memory Saturday, with only four people killed or found dead nationwide, according to reports from police, morgue officials and credible witnesses.

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Saturday marked the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr feast for Shiites, the three-day capstone closing out the Ramadan month of fasting. Sunnis began celebrating the holiday on Sunday.

The daily number of civilians killed, not including those on days when there were massive casualties from car bombs, had climbed above 100 at the end of last year and the beginning of 2007.

Saturday's decline in deaths was in line with a sharp drop in September of both Iraqi civilian and U.S. military fatalities.

The four dead included three death squad victims found in Baghdad and the bodyguard of the Kirkuk police commander who was killed in a roadside bombing.

Hmm, the man also lambasts the left-leaning MSM, and yet I could find no mention of that in the article. Wonder why that is...

"ALL ARE VICTIMS OF THE MASSIVE AGENDA DRIVEN COMPETITION FOR ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL SUPREMACY. THE DEATH KNELL OF YOUR ETHICS HAS BEEN ENABLED BY YOUR PARENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH POLITICAL AGENDAS. WHAT IS CLEAR TO ME IS THAT YOU ARE PERPETUATING THE CORROSIVE PARTISAN POLITICS THAT IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY AND KILLING OUR SERVICEMEMBERS WHO ARE AT WAR."

- Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, on MSM's reporting of the war
October 12, 2007

BAGHDAD - The civilian death toll in Iraq fell to its lowest level in recent memory Saturday, with only four people killed or found dead nationwide, according to reports from police, morgue officials and credible witnesses.

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Saturday marked the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr feast for Shiites, the three-day capstone closing out the Ramadan month of fasting. Sunnis began celebrating the holiday on Sunday.

The daily number of civilians killed, not including those on days when there were massive casualties from car bombs, had climbed above 100 at the end of last year and the beginning of 2007.

Saturday's decline in deaths was in line with a sharp drop in September of both Iraqi civilian and U.S. military fatalities.

The four dead included three death squad victims found in Baghdad and the bodyguard of the Kirkuk police commander who was killed in a roadside bombing.

Yeah, maybe by 2013 or 2025 someone will do something, like send a bill with troop withdrawl plans to the WH.