Sanchez, former U.S. commander in Iraq, calls war 'a nightmare with no end in sight'

[unhappycamper]

Sanchez, former U.S. commander in Iraq, calls war 'a nightmare with no end in sight'
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, October 13, 2007


ARLINGTON, Va. – The former top commander of U.S. troops in Iraq slammed the handling of the war and gave a bleak assessment of the current situation in Iraq.

“There is no question that America is living a nightmare with no end in sight,” retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez told a convention of military journalists on Friday.

Sanchez commanded U.S. troops in Iraq from June 2003 to July 2004. His controversial tenure saw the capture of Saddam Hussein and the handover of sovereignty to the Iraqi government, but also the rise of the insurgency and the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

While cleared of any wrongdoing, one report found that Sanchez and his deputy, "failed to ensure proper staff oversight of detention and interrogation operations."

Abu Ghraib was a sore subject Friday for Sanchez, who lambasted the media for using phrases like "dictatorial and somewhat dense," "liar" and "torturer" to describe him.

"I also refused to talk to the European Stars and Stripes for the last two years of my command in Germany, for their extreme bias and single-minded focus on Abu Ghraib," he said.


Rest of article at: http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49460

[rodeodance]

1. He-kept calling for a winning strategy---one that will ensure VICTORY.-cspan speech I saw

[unhappycamper]

2. I'm not a big Sanchez fan as you have probably guessed. n/t