Marine Commandant Criticism Of Iraq

It looks like Gen. James Amos may not get invited to any Obama administration reunions in the coming years.

 

In a talk at the Brookings Institution on Tuesday covered by Foreign Policy’s Kate Brannen, the Commandant of the Marine Corps stepped front-and-center into the political debate over the chaos in Iraq, and he took aim at the White House.

 

“I have a hard time believing that had we been there [in Iraq], and worked with the government, and worked with parliament, and worked with the minister of defense, the minister of interior, I don’t think we’d be in the same shape we’re in today,” Amos said.

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