The former U.S. commander of multi-national troops in Iraq says President Bush's strategy there is failing because it relies too much on military force and not enough on political reconciliation.
| Too bad they didn't put Sanchez in charge of Iraq operations, since he seems to have the answers... Oh. Wait. He was. |
VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, President Bush says Iraqi leaders are making political progress. As commander of multi-national forces in Iraq shortly after the fall of Baghdad, retired Army Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez says he saw first hand the consequences of what he calls the Bush administration's failure to properly coordinate American political, economic, diplomatic, and military power. "That failure continues today," he said. "At its base is the mistaken belief, despite years of evidence to the contrary, that victory can be achieved through the application of military power alone." |