Politics > Politics-USA > Plagued by bad planning and fatal attacks, the U.S. occupation remains chaotic.
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"Harry Hope" |
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07 Jul 2003 02:40:16 PM |
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Plagued by bad planning and fatal attacks, the U.S. occupation remains chaotic. |
So testy is the White House about the violence in Iraq that President
Bush last week was reduced to school-yard posturing.
"There are some who feel that the conditions are such that they can
attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on," he said, an outburst
that seemed particularly ill-advised the following day, when 20
soldiers were wounded in attacks across Iraq.
Despite the President's bluster, Bush Administration officials are
privately worried that U.S. forces are caught in a dangerous loop.
The persistence of attacks has forced the U.S. to remain on a combat
footing, which has diverted attention and resources away from the
reconstruction effort.
The heavy military footprint, in turn, has soured Iraqi opinion and
created a more hospitable climate for anti-American agitators.
"Going out on raids, busting up things and shooting people tend not to
win you many friends," says a top foreign-policy aide to the first
President Bush and adviser to the current White House.
Washington is in fact digging itself out of a self-imposed hole.
Military officers and officials involved in planning the governing of
postwar Iraq say the Administration never devised a strategy for
running the country and ignored warnings about some of the
maladies--such as widespread looting and collapse of the country's
infrastructure--that continue to plague the nation-building effort.
From TIME Magazine, 6/5/03:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030714-463053,00.html
Life Under Fire
Plagued by bad planning and fatal attacks, the U.S. occupation remains
dicey.
Are Paul Bremer and the Bush Administration up to the task of making
Iraq work?
By ROMESH RATNESAR WITH SIMON ROBINSON IN BAGHDAD
"Have we got anyone in this country that's not us?" that's the
question vexing Paul Bremer--veteran American diplomat, head of the
Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and current occupant of the
world's toughest job--as he convenes a morning meeting inside the
dusty, sprawling Baghdad palace that serves as his office and home.
As is usually the case, Bremer has a crisis on his hands.
An explosion at a mosque in the city of Fallujah last week killed 10
Iraqis, including the mosque's imam.
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Our country is being run by children and madmen.
Harry
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| Title: Re: Plagued by bad planning and fatal attacks, the U.S. occupation remains chaotic. |
08 Jul 2003 10:22:48 AM |
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In article <i4jjgv8373mcuc5tdqeqh0k0b2cubl2kfu@4ax.com>,
Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
Washington is in fact digging itself out of a self-imposed hole.
g has heard that when you find yourself in a hole , stop digging.
and I'm a Viet-Nam Vet. been there done that.
and Oh , yes. Impeach Bush!
Bush says that he does not need approval from the U.N.to wage
war.& he didn't need the approval of the voters to become
president either,did he?
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