How so? We saw their forces collapse the first time, that was again the expected, and eventual result.
The following turmoil, initially generated by outside sources (Iran, Al Queda....) couldn't have been accurately predicted. You can dig up an intelligence report from the same time frame with the directly opposing prediction, especially in the wake of the early big successes in Afghanistan. I'd hate to say it people but it's a lot easier to put stuff down in hindsight. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 5:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Republicans Looking Strong > > > They had a foriegn policy based on pixie dust and hope. > > I disagree it was operational incompetence, but an unrealistic plan to > start with. > > On 11/6/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They had a foreign policy, it just ran into opposition in Iraq (and to a > > lesser extent in Afghanistan). If Iraq had gone like Bush, > Cheney, Rumsfeld, > > et. al. had hoped, they would be riding a wave to victory, but > operational > > incompetence in the Pentagon has left them vulnerable. And yet, > Dems can't > > totally take advantage. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:219770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
