British Officer Blasts American Generals

Senior British military officer Brigadier Alan Sharp said that American Generals act like they are in Hollywood movies. He basically said the Generals acted like John Wayne and wanted to look like they were in the movies.

(AFP/Yahoo)He said an important part to being a success in the US army was the ability to combine the "real and acted heroics" of Audie Murphy, a World War II hero, and the "newsreel antics" of General Douglas MacArthur, famed by the post-war occupation of Japan, and the "movie performances" of Hollywood actors.

This may make good television back home, but Sharp said "loud voices, full body armour, wrap-around sunglasses, air strikes and daily broadcasts from shoulder-holster wearing brigadier generals proudly announcing how many Iraqis have been killed by US forces today" was no "hearts-and-minds winning tool".

Sharp was awarded a British honour and the American Bronze Star for writing the "coalition campaign plan" for Iraq during his Baghdad tour two years ago.

Those must be the Generals who support Rumsfeld.