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August 19, 2006
Former Generals: Bush Must Negotiate to Make America Safer

by Aaron Glantz

Twenty-one former generals and high ranking national security officials have called on United States President George W. Bush to reverse course and embrace a new area of negotiation with Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. In a letter released Thursday, the group told reporters Bush's "hard line" policies have undermined national security and made America less safe.
Full post @ antiwar.com

Bush of course didn't listen. 6 months later he is preparing to invade Iran and intensifying his war on Iraqi resistance.

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