Why does notorious left-wing hippie three-star General Ricardo Sanchez hate America?
Retired Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of coalition forces in Iraq and the highest-ranking Hispanic officer in the US military at the time of his retirement, said Sunday that he supported the formation of a truth commission to investigate abuses in Iraq…h/t WTF Is It Now?!?“I support the formation of a truth commission,” he said, according to a writeup of the event.
Speaking to a blogger after the forum, Sanchez purportedly said he felt a commission was necessary “for the American people to really know what happened. This was an institutional failure, a personal failure on the part of many.”
“If we do not find out what happened,” he added, “then we are doomed to repeat it.”
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I find that it is very interesting that the military seems to be free to speak their minds when the right winged nut cases are no longer in charge?
i also think that did happen why are there getting all mad and at it did happen he is telling his story and he shouldn't be judge this is instresting because i am doing research paper on him
he doe snot hate america he just hates the effect that happen when he was in war
Diane, you are missing the point of the posting, which is that the wingnuts declare that anyone who wants to investigate the illegal and quasi-illegal methods employed by the Bush administration is a traitor.