U.S. General: Why We Lost The War On Terror
Click here for reuse options!According to NPR, Bolger begins his book with:
I am a United States Army general, and I lost the Global War on Terrorism. It’s like Alcoholics Anonymous; step one is admitting you have a problem. Well, I have a problem. So do my peers. And thanks to our problem, now all of America has a problem, to wit: two lost campaigns and a war gone awry.
During a recent interview with Democracy Now, Bolger said that “arrogance” helped lose both wars, which he believes should be the focus of a public inquiry as the Korean War was.
“Is it appropriate to send thousands of young American men and women into foreign countries to go house to house and try to sort out who’s a terrorist, who’s a villager?” asked Bolger.
“That’s something we tried in Southeast Asia, and it didn’t work,” added Bolger. “And yet we repeated it once in Afghanistan and then again in Iraq. And that’s very disturbing, and I think that led directly to our failure in both campaigns.”
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Tommy6860 November 13th, 2014 at 08:32
I bet John McCain is seriously getting stompy feet over this general’s revelations. These two should have a whole hour of one of the Sunday talk shows to go over this. McCain’s face would suffer irreversible contortions.
tracey marie November 13th, 2014 at 08:53
I have to agree and chuckle at your picture
Tommy6860 November 13th, 2014 at 09:32
I bet John McCain is seriously getting stompy feet over this general’s revelations. These two should have a whole hour of one of the Sunday talk shows to go over this. McCain’s face would suffer irreversible contortions.
tracey marie November 13th, 2014 at 09:53
I have to agree and chuckle at your picture
fahvel November 13th, 2014 at 10:50
what a perfect word, “arrogance”. It is how so much of the world regards the usa today. So sad that a country with such a fine (in general) constitution has degraded to a caricature of itself.
fahvel November 13th, 2014 at 11:50
what a perfect word, “arrogance”. It is how so much of the world regards the usa today. So sad that a country with such a fine (in general) constitution has degraded to a caricature of itself.
tiredoftea November 13th, 2014 at 11:52
““Is it appropriate to send thousands of young American men and women into foreign countries to go house to house and try to sort out who’s a terrorist, who’s a villager?” asked Bolger” Why not! We do it here with who’s an illegal immigrant and who’s a citizen. Spreading our democracy is a sacred mission!
tiredoftea November 13th, 2014 at 12:52
““Is it appropriate to send thousands of young American men and women into foreign countries to go house to house and try to sort out who’s a terrorist, who’s a villager?” asked Bolger” Why not! We do it here with who’s an illegal immigrant and who’s a citizen. Spreading our democracy is a sacred mission!