{"id":1492,"date":"2007-04-28T00:42:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-28T06:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2017-06-06T08:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T14:06:36","slug":"army-lt-colonel-sharply-criticizes-iraq-war-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/army-lt-colonel-sharply-criticizes-iraq-war-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Lt. Colonel Sharply Criticizes Iraq War Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2005-cf-us-army-logo1.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2005-cf-us-army-logo.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"2005-cf-us-army-logo.jpg\" align=\"left\"\/><\/a>Army Officer Accuses Generals of &#8216;Intellectual and Moral Failures&#8217;<br \/>\n By Thomas E. Ricks<br \/>\n Washington Post Staff Writer<br \/>\n Friday, April 27, 2007; Page A04<\/p>\n<p>An active-duty Army officer is publishing a blistering attack on U.S. generals, saying they have botched the war in Iraq and misled Congress about the situation there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;America&#8217;s generals have repeated the mistakes of Vietnam in Iraq,&#8221; charges Lt. Col. 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