Former army chief blasts US on Iraq

The head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq has labelled post-war US policy “intellectually bankrupt”, it was reported today.

Former army chief blasts US on Iraq

The head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq has labelled post-war US policy “intellectually bankrupt”, it was reported today.

The former chief of the general staff, General Sir Mike Jackson, criticised the then US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, describing his claim that US forces “don’t do nation-building” as “nonsensical”.

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