hmm. I'd be more inclined to believe it if it weren't for the administration's repeated delegation of blame. What makes you think he was a loose cannon on this?
On 7/4/08, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Personally I feel that Bremer is at fault for the years following the > initial invasion. > > Like you mentioned, closing the civil service, the debaathification > program, and disbanding the military and police were about the worst > decisions that could have been made. > > Robert Munn wrote: > > Interesting point. Did anyone see the Frontline show on the war that just > > aired? I saw a big chunk of it last week, very interesting. > > > > The most damning thing they said about the war, IMHO, was that Jerry > Bremer > > was a little Napolean who was running Iraq as a pro-consul. Hell, he > would > > not even listen to Colin Powell or Condi Rice. When they told him he was > > fired, he insisted on hearing it directly from the President. What an > > a-hole. > > > > Bremer is the guy who came up with De-Baathification- apparently all on > his > > own. He didn't even run the plan by his superiors, he just announced it > at a > > press conference. The following week is when the insurgency started in > > earnest. Bremer's idiocy and refusal to listen to the generals who were > > advising him cost us about four years and several thousand dead. > > > > At one point they put Sanchez in charge - a guy who had never been in > combat > > command and had never led more than one division. Holy inexperience, > Batman! > > > > Finally they put Petraeus in charge, and things have been improving ever > > since. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Bruce wrote: > > > >> I am not BS'ing. Yes Gen Franks was in charge of the initial invasion, > >> but then the politicians started taking over, deciding who is going to > >> be the interim government until the Iraqi government was elected. Read > >> his book called American Soldier. Politicians ran a lot of the war until > >> someone had the bright idea of allowing Gen Petraeus run things, and at > >> that point things started to improve, starting with the surge. Hopefully > >> the generals will continue to be allowed to run things on the ground. > >> Time will tell. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
