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Author: Harry HopeHarry Hope Date: Jun 3, 2008 09:40
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/02/general-ricardo-sanchezs_n_104664.html
June 2, 2008
General Ricardo Sanchez's Book Slams Bush, Iraq Handling
The Washington Post points out that in the hubbub of the McClellan
book, another scathing memoir has come out exposing the truth behind
Iraq.
Getting lost in the media furor over McClellan's memoir is the new
autobiography of retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the onetime
commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, who is scathing in his assessment
that the Bush administration "led America into a strategic blunder of
historic proportions."
Among the anecdotes in "Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story" is an
arresting portrait of Bush after four contractors were killed in
Fallujah in 2004, triggering a fierce U.S. response that was
reportedly egged on by the president.
During a videoconference with his national security team and generals,
Sanchez writes, Bush launched into what he described as a "confused"
pep talk:
"Kick ass!" he quotes the president as saying.
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Author: Jerry OkamuraJerry Okamura Date: Jun 3, 2008 10:12
Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was, but I
did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic blunder.
Could you perhaps tell us, what the startegic blunder was?
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Author: mgmg Date: Jun 3, 2008 17:07
On Jun 3, 11:12 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:> Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was, but I
> did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic blunder.
> Could you perhaps tell us, what the startegic blunder was?
Strategic basically means "strategy" and strategy means "plan of
action" to achieve a goal.So, for instance, say there was a president
of a hypothetical country who's goal was to make his country safer and
an optional, preemptive war was his plan for achieving that goal. But
suppose this war actually made that country less safe and resulted in
the death of a lot of innocent people and cost that president and his
country a lot of respect and blood and treasure. That would be an
example of a strategic blunder of historic proportions.
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Author: Jerry OkamuraJerry Okamura Date: Jun 4, 2008 10:25
> On Jun 3, 11:12 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:>> Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was, but I
>> did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic blunder.
>> Could you perhaps tell us, what the startegic blunder was?
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> Strategic basically means "strategy" and strategy means "plan of
> action" to achieve a goal.So, for instance, say there was a president
> of a hypothetical country who's goal was to make his country safer and
> an optional, preemptive war was his plan for achieving that goal. But
> suppose this war actually made that country less safe and resulted in
> the death of a lot of innocent people...
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Author: El CastorEl Castor Date: Jun 4, 2008 10:52
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:25:54 -1000, "Jerry Okamura"
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Author: Jerry OkamuraJerry Okamura Date: Jun 4, 2008 18:32
"El Castor" Here.Com> wrote in message
news:cqkd44hv5mq8oiha3824nfu4nu7ailmcfg@4ax.com...> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:25:54 -1000, "Jerry Okamura"
> hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> On Jun 3, 11:12 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:>>>> Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was, but
>>>> I
>>>> did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic blunder.
>>>> Could you perhaps tell us, what the startegic blunder was?
>>>
>>> Strategic basically means "strategy" and strategy means "plan of
>>> action" to achieve a goal.So, for instance, say there was a president
>>> of a hypothetical country who's goal was to make his country safer and
>>> an optional, preemptive war was his plan for achieving that goal. But
>>> suppose this war actually made that country less safe and resulted in
>>> the death of a lot of innocent people and cost that president and his ...
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Author: mgmg Date: Jun 4, 2008 19:28
On Jun 4, 11:25 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:> "mg" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> news:bbb9fef3-f4b9-442a-a1f8-4f651c4edf0c@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...> On Jun 3, 11:12 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:>>> Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was, but I
>>> did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic blunder.
>>> Could you perhaps tell us, what the startegic blunder was?
>
>> Strategic basically means "strategy" and strategy means "plan of
>> action" to achieve a goal.So, for instance, say there was a president
>> of a hypothetical country who's goal was to make his country safer and
>> an optional, preemptive war was his plan for achieving that goal. But
>> suppose this war...
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Author: Jerry OkamuraJerry Okamura Date: Jun 5, 2008 10:05
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>>> hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Jun 3, 11:12 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:>>>>>> Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was,
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic
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Author: Jerry OkamuraJerry Okamura Date: Jun 5, 2008 10:08
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On Jun 4, 11:25 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:> "mg" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 3, 11:12 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:>>> Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was, but
>>> I
>>> did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic blunder.
>>> Could you perhaps tell us, what the startegic blunder was?
>
>> Strategic basically means "strategy" and strategy means "plan of
>> action" to achieve a goal.So, for instance, say there was a president
>> of a hypothetical country who's goal was to make his country safer and
>> an optional, preemptive war was his plan for achieving that goal. But
>> suppose this war actually made that country less safe and resulted in
>> the death of a lot of innocent people and cost that president and his
>> country a lot of respect and blood and treasure. That would be an
>> example of a strategic blunder of historic proportions. ...
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Author: mgmg Date: Jun 5, 2008 10:18
On Jun 5, 11:08 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:> "mg" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 4, 11:25 am, "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
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>>> "mg" yahoo.com> wrote in message>
>>>> Perhaps the book told us what he thought the strategic blunder was, but
>>>> I
>>>> did not find in your posting what he thought was the strategic blunder.
>>>> Could you perhaps tell us, what the startegic blunder was?
>
>>> Strategic basically means "strategy" and strategy means "plan of
>>> action" to achieve a goal.So, for instance, say there was a president
>>> of a hypothetical country who's goal was to make his country safer and ...
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