Very interesting interview with Gen. Tommy Franks. Highlights:
In a free-ranging exclusive interview, Franks set the record straight on the surge and a host of thorny subjects, and revealed the following about President Bush and his administration:
President Bush was never in a rush to invade Iraq.
Bush was always a good leader – calm, studious and deliberative – and was never steam-rolled by his top advisors, but was always his own man
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is getting a bum rap.
No administration would have allowed Iraq to continue with business-as-usual after 9/11.
There was plenty of planning and preparation for post-invasion operations in Iraq.
There is a definable limit to what the U.S. will tolerate as to Iran and Syria's interference in Iraq.
The Walter Reed hospital debacle resulted from "failed leadership." RTWT |