Ex-Air Force general rips President on Iraq in Derry

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DERRY � Retired four-star Air Force General Merrill "Tony" McPeak blasted U.S. policies on Iraq before local Democrats yesterday, stating Presidential hopeful John Kerry has the credentials to do a better job.

"Certainly, we're creating more terrorists every day than we're killing," said McPeak, a former chief of staff during Desert Storm.

The general said disenchanted with George W. Bush's leadership lead to his becoming an independent.

"If we had the same ratio of peacekeepers (in Iraq) ... that NATO has in Bosnia, we'd have 500,000 soldiers," he said. "We have 140,000. It's too small to get the job done and too big to be sustained.

Union Leader

[neverforget]

1. I voted for his wife for the Lake Oswego city council. He's a smart

guy but then again, Bush doesn't like smart people as they show him to be stupid.

[Eloriel]

2. And he REALLY doesn't like honest people n/t