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2005-07-27 Home Front: Politix

'Independent Panel' sez US wasn't preapred for post-war Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-27 11:15|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Newz flash: Bushy is stoopid.

/LLL

Posted by Chris W.">Chris W. 2005-07-27 11:40|| 2005-07-27 11:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Independent.

Heh. Only a YAYHOO would report it thus.

Posted by .com 2005-07-27 11:43|| 2005-07-27 11:43|| Front Page Top

#3 So, I'm supposed to take Sandy Berger's word for someting? He's a criminal for crying out loud!

Posted by Secret Master 2005-07-27 12:06|| 2005-07-27 12:06|| Front Page Top

#4 I didn't see it in the bio in WikiPedia on Scowcroft, BUT, if my memory serves me right, He is/was a REGISTERED FOREIGN AGENT for the Saudis.

Anybody know if my memory is fooling me?

Posted by 3dc 2005-07-27 12:07|| 2005-07-27 12:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, it really is incredible that the Bush Administration didn't have perfect 20/20 foresight to know exactly how things would turn out. No other administration ever made any mistakes or was caught unprepared!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-07-27 12:19|| 2005-07-27 12:19|| Front Page Top

#6 nicer headerline

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-27 12:57|| 2005-07-27 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Paul Begala woulda chipped in but he was too busy filling his Thorazine prescriptions...

Posted by tu3031 2005-07-27 13:22|| 2005-07-27 13:22|| Front Page Top

#8 So, I'm supposed to take Sandy Berger's word for someting? He's a criminal for crying out loud!

He's a criminal with a (D) after his name. That makes him a respected figure in national politics.

Back in April I made a (rare) post to my own blog predicting Begala's rebirth six months later. The press pulled it off three months earlier than I thought.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-27 13:27|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-27 13:27|| Front Page Top

#9 There was plenty of preparation for post-war Iraq. THe problem is that the situation turned out to be different from the ones most of the plannign was done for. To say we were "unprepared" is to basically tell a lie. To say we were inadequately prepared due to a change in the post-war scenario is the truth.

Pre-war contingency was done with the assumption that the 4th ID would be coming in from Turkey into the "Triangle" area, there would be a much heavier and quicker occupation of the Baathist/Sunni areas, and the 4th woudl be bale to seal central Iraq off from the Syrian border area.

I would bet that the change of the 4th ID entry point and time caused a lot of planning work for the initial assault and that the vat amount of planning resources were focused on winning the war quickly with what was on hand, next getting the 4th ID quickly disembarked, and after that, the changed occupation.

But Sandy Bergler and that has-been Scowcroft had political axes to grind - because the current adminstration is rapidly revealing the mistakes they made in failing to diagnose and act against terrorism of the sort that faces us now. THey were the "Don't Worry, Be Happy" set of NS-Adv in the 90's that got us into this mess.

The article I read was ass-covering by the two of them - pointing a finger at obvious things that can occur in the chaos of a war, in hopes that nobody will trace back the causes to the two of them failing in their jobs. In this case, the old adage "when you point a finger, there are 3 other fingers you point back at yourself" rings very true.

Of course, dont expect the MSM to question things - or look any deeper, because this article by these losers fits with the MSM "Bash Bush" mindset.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-27 15:52|| 2005-07-27 15:52|| Front Page Top

#10 What's that saying that Plans are no longer in effect after first contact with the enemy?

The left loves plans. Health plans, "sustainable" economic plans, plans to feed Clinton fat fellating interns. It's all the about plans with them.

They sound like the old Soviet Politburo with their five year plans.

Like the Russians, the left doesn't take a dump without some sort of plan.

Posted by badanov 2005-07-27 22:50|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2005-07-27 22:50|| Front Page Top

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