War college report: Iraq war an "error"

[DeaconBlues]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20040113/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_report



MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A report published by the Army War College calls the Bush administration's war on terrorism unfocused and says the invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) was "a strategic error."

The research paper by Jeffrey Record, a professor at the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, said the president's strategy "promises much more than it can deliver" and threatens to spread U.S. military resources too thin. Record also wrote that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Iraq did not present a threat to the United States and was a distraction from the war on terrorism.


Record is a visiting professor at the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. The paper was published last month by the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute... (more)



Jesus! What more evidence does the country need to realize that the war was wrong and Bush is a horrible idiot?

[cprise]

1. *bump*

Please rate this a 5!

[patricia92243]

2. I wonder if we will hear about it when the poor guy is fired and court

marshalled?

[trapper914]

3. Half the country won't listen

"Record could not be reached immediately for comment Monday through Army public affairs offices and he did not immediately respond to e-mails from The Associated Press. He is the author of six books and is a former legislative assistant for national security affairs to Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Georgia, and former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas."

I already can almost hear the claims of "partisan attack" coming from the right. Still, it's nice to see a little criticism coming from the military.

[maddezmom]

4. more evidence everyday

[leftchick]

5. Please Rate this Story!

this needs to be seen....

[Judi Lynn]

6. You'd better believe it! This is great.

When I rated it, at around 5:47 a.m., EST., it was 3.85 with 332.

Hope a whole lot of people will see it this morning.

On edit:

Thanks to DeaconBlues for the story.

[GreenGreenLimaBean]

7. Republicans would still vote for Bush* even if he was caught eating babies

They are that intransigent.

[Shoedogg]

8. Mmmmmm....babies (n/t)

[indepat]

9. That UN sanction was lacking was not even a factor?

[psychopomp]

10. A real "City on a Hill"

The Army War College proves to be a bastion of sanity in a time of need. Whodathunkit?

It's amazing who your allies can be, sometimes.