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» Migisi - Cause and Strategy

In response to Cause and Strategy posted by BrianTubbs:
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The strategy pursued to manage postwar Iraq was DISASTROUS..
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Bush and his military leaders had NO postwar strategy in place at all before or after Bush invaded.
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Is my statement a "cynical, anti-US, leftist conspiracy" theory?
Nope. It comes from an Army insider way back in 2004.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/art...
Army Historian Cites Lack of Postwar Plan
Major Calls Effort in Iraq 'Mediocre'
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"The U.S. military invaded Iraq without a formal plan for occupying and stabilizing the country and this high-level failure continues to undercut what has been a "mediocre" Army effort there, an Army historian and strategist has concluded.
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"There was no Phase IV plan" for occupying Iraq after the combat phase, writes Maj. Isaiah Wilson III, who served as an official historian of the campaign and later as a war planner in Iraq. While a variety of government offices had considered the possible situations that would follow a U.S. victory, Wilson writes, no one produced an actual document laying out a strategy to consolidate the victory after major combat operations ended...
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"Similar criticisms have been made before, but until now they have not been stated so authoritatively and publicly by a military insider positioned to be familiar with top-secret planning. During the period in question, from April to June 2003, Wilson was a researcher for the Army's Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group. Then, from July 2003 to March 2004, he was the chief war planner for the 101st Airborne Division, which was stationed in northern Iraq."
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Read the whole article, Bri.

-- posted by Migisi