Kerik focused on "conducting raids and liberating prostitutes” while in Iraq: Sanchez

[Canuckistanian]

In an interview with the New York Daily News, the former top U.S. commander in Iraq, retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, said former NYC Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik’s efforts to train Iraqi police in 2003 were “a waste of time and effort.”

Kerik, who was once nominated by President Bush to be the Secretary of Homeland Security, served as the interim minister of interior in Iraq for roughly 90 days. During that time, Sanchez said Kerik focused more on “conducting raids and liberating prostitutes” than training the Iraqis.

Sanchez himself has also been criticized for his performance in Iraq, especially his handling of the Abu Ghraib scandal.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/sanchez-bernie-keriks-time-in-iraq-was-a-waste-of-time-and-effort/

More at TPM:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/post_3.php

[OmahaBlueDog]

1. "Liberating prostitutes" hmmmmmm

Can we get some definition on that point. Is this like freeing sex slaves, or like "I was in my dad's house and I liberated some 20 year old Scotch?"

[Canuckistanian]

2. I have compassion for anyone "liberated" by Bushco

They usually don't get to see much "freedom"

[Disturbed]

3. "Liberating prostitutes"

What the Hell does that mean?

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. From NYDN

<<Sanchez said Kerik focused more on "conducting raids and liberating prostitutes" than training the Iraqis.

"They'd get tips and they'd go and actually raid a whorehouse," Sanchez told The News. "Their focus becomes trying to do tactical police operations in the city of Baghdad, when in fact there is a much greater mission that they should be doing, which is training the police." >>

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/05/05/2008-05-05_former_iraq_commander_bernard_kerik_was_.html

[SpiralHawk]

5. A republicon priority

ptoooey...

[Ilsa]

6. Sanchez got left holding the bag in Iraq. The higher ranking

and more experienced generals bailed out of Iraq with their commands as soon as he could. He's passing out some of the blame in his new book.