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 Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: British army chief says Iraq pullout needed soon |
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The head of the British army has called Prime Minister Tony Blair's Iraq policies "naive" and said the country's troops must get out of the war soon, according to a published interview.
Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt, chief of the general staff, said the British military presence is exacerbating the security problems in Iraq, according to an interview with the Daily Mail published on their website Thursday.
"The military campaign we fought in 2003 effectively kicked the door in," said Gannett. "Whatever consent we may have had in the first place may have turned to tolerance and has largely turned to intolerance."
"I think history will show that the planning for what happened after the initial successful war fighting phase was poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning," he added.
The public criticism from a serving military official is certain to cause a stir.
Several British media outlets are reporting that Defence Secretary Des Browne has summoned Dannatt for a meeting on Friday.
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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/12/dannatt-blair.html
History will certain judge Tony Blair as a naive poddle. |
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