Ret General: At least four more years in Iraq

This week, retired General Ricardo Sanchez addressed the Senate.  And holding true to form, he became yet another Administration official to wait until they retired to tell the truth about the war:

A former top US military commander in Iraq said the current WhiteHouse strategy in Iraq will not achieve victory in thefour-and-a-half-year war, which he described as "a nightmare with noend in sight" in a hard-hitting speech.

In the bluntest assessment of Iraq by a former senior Pentagon officialyet, retired Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez also lambasted USpolitical leaders as "incompetent," "inept," "derelict in theperformance of their duty" and suggested they would have beencourt-martialed had they been members of the US military.

"There is no question that America is living a nightmare with no end insight," Sanchez said on Friday, addressing military correspondents inArlington, Virginia.

Thanks for the heads-up, and thanks for telling us now.  Still though, by all accounts, that could be an understatement.  Others are saying the war could last another ten years.