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2008-06-29 Iraq

US army report faults poor postwar plan in Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-06-29 08:57|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 That is what happens when you don't let a conquering army act like one and have all the pencil dick paper pushers running the show.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-29 09:06|| 2008-06-29 09:06|| Front Page Top

#2 And how should a conquering Army act?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-06-29 09:29|| 2008-06-29 09:29|| Front Page Top

#3 And how should a conquering Army act?

Like they are in control of the country instead of removing the only source of power then standing aside and letting things go to shit.

For clarification a Western democratic conquering army instead of the old style.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-29 10:17|| 2008-06-29 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 US military operations in Iraq following the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein suffered from poor planning and lack of vision, according to an army report released Sunday.

Same could be written up about Ike and what to do after getting ashore at Normandy, spending months bottled up in hedgerow country in a grinding fight no one had anticipated or planned for. However, if you don't get part one right, you don't need to worry about part two. You have even bigger problems.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-29 10:32|| 2008-06-29 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it's fiction that the US military didn't have a plan. I think they had one, but the State Dept. and CIA let the invasion happen and then swapped in a plan of their own. Five years on from having Garner sacked and replaced by a state department employee who doesn't seem to have known what was going on, I think it's about time we reevaluated that decision.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-06-29 11:55|| 2008-06-29 11:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Yup, Snowy One.

And don't forget the sabotage and dismantling of the Iraqi expat security force Rumsfeld was training.

But don't blame it all on State and the CIA. There were plenty of Clinton-appointed generals & colonels in the Army who, being stuck in the 80s-90s, hated Rumsfeld and were happy to sabotage a lot of his initiatives.

I'm a strong supporter of our military but let's call this one for what it was - nigh dereliction of duty, done passive aggressively. Snits in green suits.

Posted by lotp 2008-06-29 12:57|| 2008-06-29 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Remember, don't learn anything from this, it's a bad war.

Posted by .5MT 2008-06-29 20:12|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-06-29 20:12|| Front Page Top

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