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Old 04-29-2008, 14:57 PM   #120 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Shek View Post
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I'd recommend that you read Fiasco by Tom Ricks. I think you'll change your mind about the extent of culpability within the military.

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Can you give us the Cliff Notes version please for those of us that hadn't read it for the military's problems?

I read Assassin's Gate in 2005 not long after it was released. Obviously it's dated a few years. But it places the lack of post-invasion planning solely on the feet of Franks and the State Dept/Defense Dept powerbrokers cause each of them thought the other was doing it. And then when they got to the post-war, everyone realized they were ill-prepared and started blaming everyone else for what was going on.

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