Boot Bush out, say former US army chiefs

A GROUP of 26 retired US diplomats and military officers yesterday advocated that President George W Bush be voted out of office in November.

They criticised his damaging of national security interests and America’s standing in the international community.

“Today we see that structure crumbling under an administration blinded by ideology and a callous indifference to the world around it,” said Phyllis Oakley, former assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. “Never before have so many of us felt the need for a major change in the direction of our foreign policy.”