A couple of days ago, Gen. Sanchez has criticized the Bush Administration with such words as incompetent and the situation in Iraq as a Nightmare. He did not pull any punches. Guess what? Another General has spoken out. This time it is Gen. Abazaid. Below is a quote from the general.
“Of course it’s about oil, we can’t really deny that,” Abizaid said of the Iraq campaign early on in the talk.
“We’ve treated the Arab world as a collection of big gas stations,” the retired general said. “Our message to them is: Guys, keep your pumps open, prices low, be nice to the Israelis and you can do whatever you want out back. Osama and 9/11 is the distilled essence that represents everything going on out back.”
Amazing how fast these guys come out of the woodwork. Let one of them speak and they all want to say their thoughts. Gen. Abazaid will get a bunch of heat, but it will be mild. The Admin cannot afford to attack these generals outright, because of the gen. Patraeus thing. They would look like hypocrites if they are too hard on the generals and they cannot afford to lose any more support than they have now.
It will be interesting to see how they handle these on their policies. I will be watching!
CHUQ
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