Monday, April 10, 2006
It Is What It Is
Another retired member of the military brass is now calling the Iraq war a mistake.
As reported by the New York Times, "the three-star Marine Corps general who was the military's top operations officer before the invasion," expressed his frustration and regret over the war in a Sunday essay.
I think the Times article, and the General's words, speak for themselves.
Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, who retired in late 2002, also called for replacing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and "many others unwilling to fundamentally change their approach." He is the third retired senior officer in recent weeks to demand that Mr. Rumsfeld step down.
In the essay, in this week's issue of Time magazine, General Newbold wrote, "I now regret that I did not more openly challenge those who were determined to invade a country whose actions were peripheral to the real threat -- Al Qaeda."
The decision to invade Iraq, he wrote, "was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special province of those who have never had to execute these missions -- or bury the results."
As reported by the New York Times, "the three-star Marine Corps general who was the military's top operations officer before the invasion," expressed his frustration and regret over the war in a Sunday essay.
I think the Times article, and the General's words, speak for themselves.
Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, who retired in late 2002, also called for replacing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and "many others unwilling to fundamentally change their approach." He is the third retired senior officer in recent weeks to demand that Mr. Rumsfeld step down.
In the essay, in this week's issue of Time magazine, General Newbold wrote, "I now regret that I did not more openly challenge those who were determined to invade a country whose actions were peripheral to the real threat -- Al Qaeda."
The decision to invade Iraq, he wrote, "was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special province of those who have never had to execute these missions -- or bury the results."
