| Topic: |
Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
25 Apr 2007 04:44:26 PM |
| Object: |
Keeping American troops in Iraq is un-American |
From The Kansas City Star, 4/25/07:
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/82716.html
U.S. ‘in trouble’ in Iraq, retired general asserts
By SCOTT CANON
The Kansas City Star
Barry McCaffrey, retired Army general and one-time White House drug
czar, came to Kansas City on Tuesday to deliver a speech about
leadership.
McCaffrey was one of the top commanders in the Army during the first
Gulf War.
Now he teaches at West Point and is chairman of HNTB Federal Services
and a member of the HNTB Companies board of directors.
The architectural and engineering firm has headquarters in Kansas
City.
McCaffrey regularly travels abroad on missions for the Pentagon to
give military brass his assessment of conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan
and elsewhere.
His most recent trip to Iraq was earlier this month.
He spoke with TheKansas City Star about his assessment of the Iraq war
and its strain on the U.S. military.
His answers have been edited for space and clarity.
-----What sort of evolution do you see to the war in Iraq?
We’re in trouble.
The American people walked away from the war.
I don’t think they’re coming back.
Iraq’s neighbors are bearing no good will toward a favorable outcome
in Iraq.
The Iraqi government in power is dysfunctional.
There is essentially no province in Iraq where the central government
holds sway.
It’s not true in the Kurdish areas. … It’s not true in Basra, where
there’s a struggle for power among the Shiites, it’s essentially not
true in any part of the country.
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Bring our troops home from this Republican political un-American
adventure.
Harry
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