The problem being, the plans were not created by the Defense Department. Or the Pentagon. Or the Military at all. They were created in back rooms by the people who eventually became Bush's Defense team.
Not that this is even necessarily a problem. But if they want to create plans that do not have the support of the Military, do things against "traditional" military thinking, and keep hiring and firing commanders until they get one that will do it their way, they have to be held accountable for the success or failure of their plan. I think Wolfowitz should be hung up by his genitals from a basketball hoop until his feet touch the ground. (After being sentenced in a court of law, of course) But one of the reasons Iraq was pushed so hard as the first place to strike was because the Wolfowitz/Rumsfeld/Cheney team did not have any other plans for any other country. They were all against going into Afghanistan, because they hadn't done their homework there. Fortunately the CIA did have a plan. Which pissed off Rumsfeld to no end, I've read. They had one and only one plan. Iraq. And if this is the success we can expect from ten years of planning, yikes. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/28/04 10:40AM >>> I hope there were invasion plans in 1991. I hope those plans were retained and updated throughout the 90's, ultimately finished off prior to the actual assault in 2003. Likewise, I hope invasion plans are in place, should they be necessary, for any of the currently forseeable possibilities, including Iran and North Korea. The longer these plans are scrutinized, the better chance they have of being sound. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=38 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133185 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
