Army chief defends Iraq comments

This is bizarre and phenomenal. He must know what he is saying and why he is saying it.

BBC NEWS | UK | Army chief defends Iraq comments: "In a Daily Mail interview, Sir Richard, who took on his role in August, said UK troops should 'get ourselves out sometime soon because our presence exacerbates the security problems'.

He also said: 'I don't say that the difficulties we are experiencing round the world are caused by our presence in Iraq but undoubtedly our presence in Iraq exacerbates them.'

And he said planning for what happened after the initial successful war military offensive was 'poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning'."

Totally at odds with government policy.