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chaotic_nipple"Bucking opinion trend, Pentagon says too many troops took part in Iraq operation
From think-tank analysts to angry retired generals to Capitol Hill lawmakers, it has become nearly universal conventional wisdom that the U.S. invasion force that conquered Iraq in 2003 lacked the manpower to secure the country after Saddam’s fall.
But the Pentagon’s civilian policymakers may have learned a much different lesson. According to a defense official, the problem with Operation Iraqi Freedom was not too few U.S. troops, but too many."
So, lemme get this straight: The problem isn't that the civilian leadership ignored the advise of the all the military experts, the problem is that they didn't ignore the experts enough. Oh, I am so glad I am no longer in thrall to this pack of morons. I am now free to tell the world my real opinion of Shrubya, to whit: In a better universe, he'd have been burnt in a wicker man a long time ago. After a fair trial and the blessings of the Druidic Council, of course. :-P
From think-tank analysts to angry retired generals to Capitol Hill lawmakers, it has become nearly universal conventional wisdom that the U.S. invasion force that conquered Iraq in 2003 lacked the manpower to secure the country after Saddam’s fall.
But the Pentagon’s civilian policymakers may have learned a much different lesson. According to a defense official, the problem with Operation Iraqi Freedom was not too few U.S. troops, but too many."
So, lemme get this straight: The problem isn't that the civilian leadership ignored the advise of the all the military experts, the problem is that they didn't ignore the experts enough. Oh, I am so glad I am no longer in thrall to this pack of morons. I am now free to tell the world my real opinion of Shrubya, to whit: In a better universe, he'd have been burnt in a wicker man a long time ago. After a fair trial and the blessings of the Druidic Council, of course. :-P
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Date: 2006-05-14 05:16 pm (UTC)