Maxine Waters: “Members, last Friday, Retired Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, who led U.S. forces in Iraq following the invasion in…”

“Members, last Friday, Retired Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, who led U.S. forces in Iraq following the invasion in 2003, became the latest in a growing list of retired military officers who harshly criticize the war in Iraq. He said that the United States is "living a nightmare with no end in sight." General Sanchez also lambasted the latest strategy in Iraq calling it, again, "a desperate attempt by the administration that has not accepted the political and economic realities of this war." These startling revelations from the highest ranks of our military should shake us to our very core. The man who was personally responsible for conducting the war in Iraq is trying to convince us that we should have no faith in the administration now waging the war. General Sanchez went on to say, "There has been a glaring unfortunate display of incompetent strategic leadership within our national leaders," and that "the American people must hold them accountable." But, General Sanchez, how can the American people hold their elected officials accountable? As we all know, they can make a lot of noise by calling congressional offices, writing letters, and attending marches; but at the end of the day, the American people hold their elected officials accountable at the ballot box. To my colleagues in the House of Representatives, our constituents have already made up their minds.…”