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Date: May 3, 2007 9:19:11 PM PDT
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Subject: On the Wrong Side of History
Insurgents 'right to take on US'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6618075.stm
'Insurgents' in Iraq are right to try to force US troops out of the
country, a former British army commander has said. Gen Sir Michael
Rose also told the BBC's Newsnight programme that the US and the UK
must "admit defeat" and stop fighting "a hopeless war" in Iraq.
Iraqi insurgents would not give in, he said. "I don't excuse them
for some of the terrible things they do, but I do understand why
they are resisting." Sir Michael has written a book drawing
similarities between the tactics of [nationalist] 'insurgents' and
George Washington's men in America's War of Independence.
UK and US must admit defeat and leave Iraq, says British general
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2072171,00.html
A retired British army general [General Sir Michael Rose] says
Iraq's 'insurgents' are justified in opposing the occupation,
arguing that the US and its allies should "admit defeat" and leave
Iraq before more soldiers are killed.
When he was asked if he thought the Iraqi insurgents were right to
try to force the US-led coalition [occupation] out, he replied:
"Yes I do."
"As Lord Chatham [William Pitt the Elder, who, in mid-18th century
called for a cessation of hostilities in the colonies and favoured
American resistance to the British Stamp Act] said, 'if I was an
American - as I am an Englishman - as long as one Englishman
remained on American native soil, I would never, never, never lay
down my arms'.
The Iraqi insurgents feel exactly the same way. I don't excuse them
for some of the terrible things they do, but I do understand why
they are resisting the Americans."
"We cannot 'win' a war that serves only our enemies' interests, not
our own. So continuing to pursue the illusion of victory in Iraq
makes no sense, and never did."
--Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, U.S. Army, ex-Director of the National
Security Agency http://rawstory.com/news/2007/
Former_general_declares_Bush_has_gone_0428.html
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