By Tim Shipman in Washington
General Sir Mike Jackson, the former head of the British Army, has come under fire from America for his outspoken criticism of the US handling of the war in Iraq.
One of Washington's leading commentators on the transatlantic alliance warned that Gen Jackson's denunciation of the US government would damage the special relationship at a highly sensitive moment.
In an interview ahead of the serialisation of his memoirs in the Daily Telegraph from Monday, Genl Jackson said the approach taken by former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld was “intellectually bankrupt” and “one of those most responsible for the current situation in Iraq”.
He described Mr Rumsfeld's insistence that US forces "don't do nation-building" as "nonsensical".
(Read more - click link)Gen Sir Mike Jackson's attack draws US ire - Telegraph
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