Retired Gen. George Washington Criticizes Bush's Handling Of Iraq War

[yurbud]

Retired Gen. George Washington Criticizes Bush's Handling Of Iraq War

June 6, 2007



"The Iraqi people did suffer greatly under unjust rule," Washington said. "But in truth, it is the duty of any people that wishes to be free to fight for its own independence. Had France meddled in our revolution beyond the guidance and material assistance they provided, I should think similar unrest would have darkened our nation's earliest hours."

The Virginia-born Revolutionary War veteran and national-capital namesake also expressed his worry over the state of the American militia, the unchecked powers of the executive branch, and the lack of a congressional declaration of war.

"The very genius of the American presidency is that it is an office held by an elected representative of the people, not by a monarch who can rule by fiat and enact policy at will," Washington said.

"I can say from personal experience that even a malnourished force with feet clad in rags should not be underestimated, even by a far superior power," added Washington, who has disavowed further comparison between the Iraqi insurgency and the American colonists. "There is nothing a committed fighting force cannot accomplish if bolstered by the strength of its convictions."

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/retired_gen_george_washington

[Sequoia]

1. Ha, ha...let's get ole Abe in too!

[meegbear]

2. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1052235&mesg_id=1052235

[Phredicles]

3. Next day: "Tony Snow calls George Washington sad and irrelevant",

adding, "Doesn't he know that former presidents aren't supposed to criticize current ones? Of course, that rule doesn't apply the other way round, and by the way George Washington is a terrorist-loving America-hater..."