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Originally Posted by dc_dux
ace....thats a convenient excuse for the incompetence and failure to plan for an occupation, including the failure to recognize the historic animosities between Sunni and Shiites and the likelihood that our invasion would serve as both a recruitment tool for al Queda and a justification for Iran to exert and strengthen its influence over Iraqi internal politics
There was no detailed (phase IV) post-Saddam occupation strategy before we got there...it was "unknown" other than a consensus among DoD and White Officials officials that it would require a small US force and last only a few months:
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Do you agree that even the greatest of the worlds military minds have or could have suffered defeat due to exploitable weaknesses in their plans?
Your answer will help me understand your use of the word "incompetence" in this context. Yes, it is a semantics thing again. But I am trying to understand