Tommy Franks’s “Mission Accomplished” Canard
Tommy Franks made him do it. (And I thought it was Rove…)
NOVAK:
George W. Bush has been under attack all year for declaring an end to major combat in Iraq. Well, wait. Now comes retired General Tommy Franks to take the blame. Franks, who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq, said — quote — “That’s my fault that George W. Bush said what he said on the 1st of May last year, just because I asked him to” — end quote.
The general wanted to declare the fighting over in hopes other countries would send troops to Iraq. You can hardly blame the president for following the advice of his general. Sadly, the Europeans did not send any troops to Iraq, and they won’t unless they get their price.
He declared victory to try to get other countries to send in their troops.
So, Bush did that stunt to fool the French into thinking that the war was over so that they’d send their kids die in our unjustified war?
I’m confused.