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By Lonna Gooden VanHorn http://www.opednews.com/goodenVanHorn_100304_republican_general.htmGeneral Tony McPeak is a retired four star general who was the head of the U.S. Air Force under President GHW Bush during Operation Desert Storm. As chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, he was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training, and equipage of a combined active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian force of over 850,000, serving at approximately 1,300 locations around the globe...
...The war in Iraq, he said, is Bush's "vanity war." It has nearly wrecked our military, and it has taken our focus off bigger problems like North Korea and Iran. It is certainly likely to wreck the Reserves and the National Guard....
He said, we are in such a mess now, NO ONE knows how to get us out of it. But we have a chance with Kerry because the world does not hate him. We have no chance if Bush is elected....
He said the president lives in a world of spin, protected from everything and everyone except those who adore him. He is not capable of learning. And the United States and the world are suffering for it. It will take decades for the United States to recover from the damage Bush has done to this country and to our relationships with the rest of the world, IF we ever can recover from it. McPeak said this administration’s rosy assessments of the situation in Iraq are so far removed from reality, he is not sure what planet they live on....
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