Oh, ok.
Sure, name it. But there's a difference between mistakes and incompetence. Keep in mind it was a military operation. You can put a lot of responsibility on the Generals shoulders as well.
- Invading a country with out a good post invasion plan that covers potential problems
IS incompetence.- Not consulting Colin Powell, the only person with real combat experience on your staff
IS incompetence.- Assuming the Iraqis would just embrace democracy and act right as a result after the invasion
IS incompetence.- Not securing the government buildings after the invasion of a repressed impoverished country
IS incompetence.- Setting up ROE's that don;t allow your troops to protect said infrastructure
IS incompetence.- Invading with too few men to secure a stable environment after the invasion
IS incompetence.None of the above had anything to do with the Generals. These are strategic decisions. Decisions that were made by men who were out of touch with reality while intoxicated with war fever.
BUSH and company who have the blood of 3500+ dead sons, brothers, and fathers on their hands from their
irresponsible incompetence and people still make excuses for them. Pathetic.
None of the above things were mistakes. The problem was the ASSHAT (bush) was too busy believing he was on a holy mission from God to listen to anyone but Rummy the desk jockey.
As far as a fighting war is concerned we've done better than the media would lead you to believe.
Are we start talking about ice cream cones now?
It's 4 years later and no end in sight.Are the 3500 DEAD AMERICANS A LIE? Is the media lying?
Is the violence everyday a lie from the media?
i can't believe people still try and pass me that media is making out to be worse than it is crap. Save that for the neo-con rally. They should go tell the mothers of the 3500+ dead soldiers that BULL SHIT.
And a few million Iraqis turning out for a democratic election is testament to who wants a new country and what we can offer through Saddams demise.
What we can offer? Can we offer safe local markets from suicide bombers?
Those people can't handle democracy yet. But some people still hold to that fantasy as the reason we are there after being buffalo-ed by BUSH.