LONDON.— May 7. The United States and Great Britain should admit their defeat and withdraw from Iraq to preserve the lives of their soldiers, said Sir Michael Rose, a British general on Thursday.
Rose, 67, who commanded the British troops in Bosnia, said during a BBC TV debate that he understood the reasons why the Iraqi resistance groups fight against the US military presence in their country.
The general wrote a book titled Washington’s War that shows the similarities of tactics used by the Iraqi resistance and the forces of George Washington in the US war of independence. He expressed his understanding of why the Iraqis use force to oppose the weapons of the occupation.
Meanwhile, Prensa Latina reported that the future of the funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are uncertain, without an agreement between the White House and Congress.
President Bush met with the Congressional leadership, but no agreement was reached on approving the more than $100 billion US he has requested.
Some opinion polls indicate that 70 percent of the population opposes the recent presidential veto of a war-spending bill that included a timetable for withdrawal of US troops. The poll demonstrates the cost the prolonged conflict has had on the Bush presidency.
On the ground in Iraq, another three US soldiers died from attacks with explosives in the south and west of Baghdad. AFP reported that the US embassy in Baghdad also acknowledged that four foreign contractors died in rocket attacks against the heavily fortified Green Zone.
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