Late February 2003: Retired General Criticizes Administration Policies on Iraq, Afghanistan

Tony McPeak, a retired four-star general who headed the US Air Force during Desert Storm, criticizes the Bush administration’s failure to stabilize Afghanistan and build a multilateral coalition to disarm Iraq. He says Bush should start over. “The world would breathe a sigh of relief, and we’d go back and do it right,” the former general says. “I mean, the world would fall in love with this guy. It’s not that hard to fix.” [Associated Press, 2/25/2003]