"The mission found that the attack on the only remaining flour-producing factory, the destruction of a large part of the Gaza egg production, the bulldozing of huge tracts of agricultural land, and the bombing of some could not on any basis be justified on military grounds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

He says Hayward's departure was inevitable. "It may not be entirely justified that he was the 'fall guy,' but in the public's eye and in the view of the U.S.Congress and the president, he was the man responsible for this."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27