Tommy Franks

dallastigers · Apr 16, 2004

Ret. Gen. Tommy Franks said Wednesday that President Bush didn't discuss an invasion of Iraq with him until Dec. 28, 2001, and that intelligence indicating Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was incorrect and "incomplete."

Franks led the U.S. Central Command from June 2000 until August. He played a major role in supervising and planning military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

When Bush did address the possibility of invading Iraq, Franks told a crowd at a fund-raiser that the president voiced hope that it wouldn't happen.

"He told me he hoped not one American boot ever touches Iraq except by invitation," Franks said.

Franks also told the audience about his interactions with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. A day after the attacks, Franks told Rumsfeld that he thought Osama Bin Laden was responsible.

Franks criticized the media and the investigation by the Sept. 11 commission.

"We do not need people to ask about yesterday. We need people to ask about the future," he said.

Before his speech, Franks told reporters that the invasion of Iraq seemed necessary because of the possibility that Iraq would join terrorists and attempt to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States.

"The fact is that all of us believed that we were going to see weapons of mass destruction," Franks said in a story in Thursday's editions of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "And the intelligence that indicated all of that to us simply was incomplete. It simply was not correct."

Although Franks said he believes coalition troops knew there would be insurgency after Saddam Hussein's ouster, they were not prepared for some things they now face in Iraq.

A day after Bush said he would send more troops to Iraq, if needed, to combat the unrest, Franks said commanders were likely to hold troops nearing the end of their tour as long as necessary for that purpose.

U.S. commanders have been prepared throughout the invasion to increase the number of troops by using this tactic. .

Information from: Corpus Christi Caller-Times
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Sourdoughman · Apr 16, 2004

"We do not need people to ask about yesterday. We need people to ask about the future," he said.
Gen Tommy Franks.....

I love that!

The Dems seem to concentrating on just the opposite because all they care about is getting the White House back!

mesquite tiger · Apr 16, 2004

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4756962/

G_MAN113 · Apr 16, 2004

Ah yes, another tome by The Washington Post's Bob Woodward. That guy will write anything he thinks will sell. He's still living off his Watergate days.

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