August 27, 2007: Former CENTCOM Commander: Bush Plans for Iraq ‘Ludicrous’
Retired General Joseph Hoare, a former commander of US CENTCOM, says: “The idea that [Iraq] is going to go the way the guys [in the Bush administration] planned (see January 2007) is ludicrous. There are no good options.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 317]