War College aide rips Bush Iraq strategy

DaveSZ

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Wed Apr-14-04 09:02 AM
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War College aide rips Bush Iraq strategy

Edited on Wed Apr-14-04 09:03 AM by DaveSZ

I must give credit to Lisa @ www.allhatnocattle.net for this story:

http://pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1081861423145610.xml

War College aide rips Bush Iraq strategy
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
BY DAVID WOOD
Of Our Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - In a broadside fired at the conduct of the war in Iraq, a senior Army strategist has accused the Bush administration of seeking to win "quickly and on the cheap" while ignoring the more critical strategic aim of creating a stable, democratic nation.

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truthspeaker

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Wed Apr-14-04 09:09 AM
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1. "misunderstood or, worse, wished away"

Edited on Wed Apr-14-04 09:09 AM by truthspeaker

While the United States easily won the initial battles that toppled Saddam Hussein a year ago, the administration "either misunderstood or, worse, wished away" the difficulties of transforming that victory into the larger political goal, Army Lt. Col. Antulio J. Echevarria of the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks writes in a new paper.

Pretty much sums it up.

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drumwolf

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Wed Apr-14-04 09:28 AM
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2. Why does the U.S. Army War College hate America?

Edited on Wed Apr-14-04 09:28 AM by drumwolf

:evilgrin:

(I'm sure this joke is starting to get old for some of you, but it will continue to be timely and relevant as long as the Freeptards continue to scream "if you criticize Bush then you're unpatriotic!")

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