Top General Acknowledges Iraq Mistakes

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Top General Acknowledges Iraq Mistakes

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
The Associated Press
Friday, September 14, 2007; 6:43 PM

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military's top general
acknowledged Friday that he made mistakes in his
early Iraq war strategy but said he still has no doubt
that invading the country was the right decision.

Marine Gen. Peter Pace, retiring chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and one of the war's military architects,
said he overestimated the ability of the Iraqi army to
hold together after the invasion, and as a result
underestimated the number of U.S. troops that would
eventually be needed to fight the war.

Offering a blunt assessment of the decisions and
recommendations he made back in early 2003, an
introspective Pace told Pentagon reporters that with
the aid of 20-20 hindsight, it's clear he made "errors
in assumption."

-snip-

On Friday, Pace offered his most extensive public
self-evaluation of his Joint Chiefs tenure _ which has
included two years as chairman and four years as
vice chairman.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401956.html

[AlCzervik]

1. How does a disbanded Army "hold together"?

[liberal N proud]

2. The first mistake was attacking Iraq

All other fuck ups wouldn't have happened and thousand wouldn't have died and scores more wouldn't be disabled from their MISTAKE!

[Solly Mack]

3. Unreal

I'm sick of the word "mistake" used to describe anything regarding US involvement in Iraq

[sendero]

5. Exactly...

a mistake is when you lose your car keys. A mistake is when you forget to take out the trash.

This isn't a mistake, it's a disaster, a fiasco, a clusterfuck, a stupid, stupid, stupid war based on lies, lies and more lies.

Mistake my ass.

[rodeodance]

4. but but the army scattered------so bremner disbanded it.

[Mnpaul]

6. Bremer is a liar

http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=54a96b0d367da6ce96eb1401f0e127f76688ddd6

They had soldiers ready to go to work