Bad Plan, Generals Say

It's not just anti-war liberals who don't like Bush's plans to escalate the conflict. "Too little too late," say his own generals, calling the plan "a fool's errand."

The American effort in Iraq has gone badly because the United States did not understand the consequences of deposing Saddam Hussein, said Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, a former director of the National Security Agency. He said the principal beneficiary of the war was Iran and Al Qaeda, not the United States.

“There is no way to win a war that is not in your interests,” he said.