Nothing new, but it's quite uncommon for someone that high ranked to discharge such sharp criticism...
[QUOTE][SIZE=2][B]The head of the British army during the Iraq invasion has said US post-war policy was "intellectually bankrupt".[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]In a Daily Telegraph interview, former chief of the general staff, Gen Sir Mike Jackson, added that US strategy had been "short-sighted". [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]He said former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld was "one of the most responsible for the current situation". [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The Ministry of Defence said Sir Mike was a private citizen who was entitled to express his views. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The US Department of Defense said: "Divergent viewpoints are a hallmark of open, democratic societies." [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Sir Mike told the Daily Telegraph that Mr Rumsfeld's claim that US forces "don't do nation-building" was "nonsensical". [/SIZE] [/QUOTE] [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6973618.stm[/url]
Also...
[QUOTE] [SIZE=2]Maj Gen Tim Cross, who was the most senior UK officer involved in post-war planning, told the Sunday Mirror US policy was "fatally flawed". [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Maj Gen Cross said: "We were all very concerned about the lack of detail that had gone into the post-war plan." [/SIZE] [/QUOTE] [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6974611.stm[/url]
I have ambiguous feelings when it comes to these declarations. I mean c'mon, now all of a sudden the criticism finds its way out? It's too easy to say "we've been saying this all along"...