Retired General Rebuts Bush Rhetoric
In Vote Vets' latest ad to feature a general speaking out against the war, retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton refutes one of the administration's favorite talking points: "President Bush says he listens to his military commanders. Well, Mr. President, I was one of those commanders and you weren't listening when we warned you of the dangers we'd face invading Iraq."In Vote Vets’ latest ad to feature a general speaking out against the war, retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton refutes one of the administration’s favorite talking points: “President Bush says he listens to his military commanders. Well, Mr. President, I was one of those commanders and you weren’t listening when we warned you of the dangers we’d face invading Iraq.”
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