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Boatin... you *assume* there was no planning, and I think you're wrong. No, I *know* you're wrong. The US forces are doing a great job, but if you just focus on the things that go wrong, it's obvious you're going to feel they've done a bad job.
Have you heard anything about mass lootings in Iraq in the past week, or the week before? As far as I can tell, it's died down quite a bit. The other day, news reports said about 50 pro-saddam guys stormed a local government office in some village in Iraq.... The local police stepped in, and the people dispersed. That's good news, isn't it?
In the case of the moral responsibility to stop someone hurting themselves: is that a demand, or a preference? How do you stop people from doing stupid things in Iraq, when it's obvious you can't stop people from that in the US itself?
Now, think about this: before the war, Saddam released most of the country's criminals, as a gesture of good will to his people. With all those common criminals running around, wouldn't it be normal that crime goes up when the war ends? You cannot expect the US forces to solve that problem overnight, especially with many police records burned during the looting...
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