Originally Posted by aceventura3

When Silent Jay posted this, my response was "Yes".



I agree now and I agreed then. I had mixed feelings about the occupation. I finally agreed with the sentiment of Powel when he said "you broke it, you fix it". I think people in the Bush administration had mixed views on the occupation as well. It is clear there was no real and effective plan for the occupation. They developed a plan, and it was working for awhile and things took a turn for the worse. Eventually, the administration made the needed changes and developed a plan that actually did work.

I don't know what you folks want from me. It is clear in my mind that there was the initial phase of the war, the invasion and then a second phase which I would broadly describe as the occupation. The first phase was well planned and a success. The occupation was not initially well planed.