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http://pfiffner.gmu.edu/files/pdfs/Articles/CPA Orders, Iraq PDF.pdf
"US Blunders in Iraq: De-Baathification and Disbanding the Army"
Here's a good essay on the balls ups of Bush and Cheney in the aftermath of the Iraq War in 2003. The decision to send in Bremer who had not experience instead of a guy who had experience there was considered one of the worst balls ups.
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According to Colin Powell, ‘The plan was for Zal to go back. He was the one guy who knew this place better than anyone. I thought this was part of the deal with Bremer. But with no discussion, no debate, things changed. I was stunned’. Powell observed that President Bush’s decision was ‘typical’. There were ‘no full deliberations. And you suddenly discover, gee, maybe that wasn’t so great, we should have thought about it a little longer’.3"
When people say Bush was a much better leader of the Armed Forces than Obama, it makes me wonder how, seeing as this major balls up probably got 4,000 more US troops killed than necessary.
"US Blunders in Iraq: De-Baathification and Disbanding the Army"
Here's a good essay on the balls ups of Bush and Cheney in the aftermath of the Iraq War in 2003. The decision to send in Bremer who had not experience instead of a guy who had experience there was considered one of the worst balls ups.
"
According to Colin Powell, ‘The plan was for Zal to go back. He was the one guy who knew this place better than anyone. I thought this was part of the deal with Bremer. But with no discussion, no debate, things changed. I was stunned’. Powell observed that President Bush’s decision was ‘typical’. There were ‘no full deliberations. And you suddenly discover, gee, maybe that wasn’t so great, we should have thought about it a little longer’.3"
When people say Bush was a much better leader of the Armed Forces than Obama, it makes me wonder how, seeing as this major balls up probably got 4,000 more US troops killed than necessary.
