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Former Army chief General Sir Mike Jackson attacks US failures in Iraq
Sean Rayment
London Telegraph
Sunday, Dec 21, 2008
A former head of the British Army has accused the Americans of “appalling” decision making during the Iraq war.
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, General Sir Mike Jackson, the former chief of the general staff, said that the violence in post-war Iraq was “much exacerbated by the security vacuum created by Washington’s appalling decisions” to disband the Iraqi security forces.
Gen Sir Mike, who was head of the British Army at the time of the war, added that the US policy to “de-Baathify” Iraq doubled the time taken to reach the point where the coalition could consider a withdrawal from the country.
The general also added that Iranian backing for Shia militants, a development which led to hundreds of British casualties, further complicated the post-war environment.
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The former defence chief, who said that he believed the campaign had been successful, was also critical of the US and British governments for failing to “understand fully” the complexity of the situation in Iraq and to create a proper reconstruction plan.
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December 21st, 2008 at 11:33 am
Mike Jackson, no relation I gather, should shut the hell up. Patsy’s in Glass houses cannot afford to throw stones. Take the beam out of your own eye first.
December 21st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
GWScam
This is a disgraceful response. The most senior British Officer of his time has been openly critical of the US-controlled regime within which his troops had to operate. Our politicians were conned into going along with GWB’s daft ideas, but the military didn’t have the option of saying “no way”.
“Patsy’s in Glass Houses” – what the hell does that mean. If it’s of any interest, I know quite a few Brits who celebrate our Independence Day, the day we got rid of America!
Anyway, nuff said, have a good Christmas
December 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
US Constitution Is Not Inspired By Divinity
It’s striking that so few truly understand the basis of our Constitution. Arguments that the Constitution is somehow a divinely-inspired document show either a lack of education as to the ideas and principles behind the tenets of the document, or a deliberate attempt to pervert the true intent of the philosophies behind the Constitution. In no way are the Constitution or the Bill of Rights Christian documents. The philosophical underpinnings of each of these documents stem from Locke and Cooke, primarily Locke.
Read the rest – http://beholdtheforce.blogspot.com/
December 21st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Bad decisions are an American tradition the world will have to live with; so long as we have the bombs we can have the bozos!