Lt General Sanchez is opting to retire this summer.....

[JohnnyRingo]

He was the General in charge during the Abu Ghraib scandal, so it may not be surprising that he is retiring, but this excerpt from a speech to embarking troops may be:

General Sanchez's awkward position was laid bare this week when he led a farewell ceremony for nearly 700 V Corps soldiers who will take over the military headquarters staff here from the XVIII Airborne Corps on Jan. 19. "A daunting task lies ahead; I have no doubt you are well trained," General Sanchez, dressed in his helmet and body armor, told soldiers at a ceremony in Heidelberg on Tuesday, Stars and Stripes reported. "The country's on the verge of a civil war."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/05/international/middleeast/05military.html

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I'll remember that the next time I hear an administration official carp of the lack of "good news" from Iraq.

Is this why Buxh sat around and pretended to listen to a bipartisan panel today?
Is he going to blame the crumbling of Iraq on someone else?

[unhappycamper]

1. It's about time.

Gen. Miller perfected 'interrogation techniques' in Gitmo; Sanchez imported them to Abu Ghraib; Taguba lied about torture to Congress; and Myers was the pentagon mouthpiece who enabled torture to become standard operating procedure.

These guys are a stain on the Services.

[NNN0LHI]

2. I agree and couldn't add a thing to what you said n/t