No plan

[David Harrison]

Glaringly obvious: the U.S. had no plan for what to do
in Iraq after Hussein was displaced.

WASHINGTON (AP) - American military commanders did not
impose curfews, halt looting or order Iraqis back to
work after Saddam Hussein's regime fell because U.S.
policymakers were reluctant to declare U.S. troops an
occupying force, says an internal Army review examined
by The Associated Press.

As a result, the Bush administration's first steps at
reconstruction in Iraq were severely hampered, creating
a power vacuum that others quickly moved to fill, and a
growing mistrust on the part of ordinary Iraqis, the
report said.

http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=51180&id=200311271314000106137

[Graybyrd]

In article <M9sxb.19586$sb4....@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
David Harrison <credi...@matters.cam> wrote:

Amen, Sir.

Personally, I fear it is far too late. We have gone far beyond the point
of no return.

Gray
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