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Outspoken army general upsets whitehouse Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&e=37&u=/ap/20030328/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/war_lt__gen__wallace_7 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&e=37&u=/ap/20030328/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/war_lt__gen__wallace_7 Yahoo! News Sat, Mar 29, 2003 White House - AP Cabinet & State Outspoken Army General Upsets White House Fri Mar 28,11:24 AM ET Add White House - AP Cabinet & State to My Yahoo! By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - For the rough-spoken commander of the ground war in Iraq (news - web sites), humbled by the responsibility for hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers, the hardest part of Operation Iraqi Freedom has been waiting for a massive battle in Baghdad. But the war in Iraq is about to get even tougher for Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace. He ignited the ire of the White House by observing publicly that Pentagon (news - web sites) war strategists had misunderstood the combativeness of Iraqi fighters. The miscalculation, he said, had stalled the coalition's drive toward Baghdad. "The enemy we're fighting against is different from the one we'd war-gamed against," Wallace, commander of V Corps, told The New York Times and The Washington Post on Thursday. Wallace's comments fueled the Bush administration's frustration with media coverage that focuses on why the conflict isn't over. The war, the White House says daily, is going well and on-time. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) on Friday would not say whether he agrees with Wallace. "The statements the White House has always made about this is that people should be prepared for the fact that it would go longer," Fleischer said. "That's exactly how the White House explained what we expect. "When the White House says to you that it can be long, lengthy and dangerous, we're anticipating that any number of scenarios can develop." Promoted to commanding general of V Corps in June 2001, Wallace planned the ground war and chafed at the wait for action to begin. During a missile warning that required the troops to don gas masks earlier this month, Wallace growled to a reporter that he was sick of waiting for "lawn darts" without striking back. Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), he said in less polite terms, was ticking him off. Despite the tough talk, Wallace also said he found the responsibility humbling. He had awaited it all his career. Wallace graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Naval War College before earning postgraduate degrees in operations analysis and international relations. A decorated Vietnam veteran, Wallace quickly progressed from soldier to student to trainer and commander. By June 1999, he was serving as commander of the Joint Warfighting Center and director of joint training at the U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va.

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