Kennedy Criticizes Bush's Postwar Policy

Senator Edward M. Kennedy today methodically laid out a broad criticism of President Bush's postwar Iraq policy, taking the administration to task for everything from the misuse of intelligence to the failure to internationalize the Iraqi rebuilding effort.

In a speech at the Johns Hopkins University School of Applied International Studies (SAIS), the Massachusetts Democrat accused the administration of undermining "America's prestige and credibility in the world" and "the trust that Americans should and must have in what their nation tells them."

"It's a disgrace that the case for war seems to have been based on shoddy intelligence, hyped intelligence, and even false intelligence," Kennedy said.

Kennedy told the audience he believed there was no doubt the United States would win the war, but he chastised the administration and the Pentagon specifically for miscalculating what it would take to secure the peace. "American troops are now serving as police officers in a shooting gallery," he said.