> JJ wrote: > I think the consensus is that the invasion was a mistake
Let's look at the phases: 1.) Decision to go: mistake. 2.) Invasion plan: not mistake. 3.) Invasion execution: not mistake. 4.) Occupation plan: mistake. 5.) Occupation execution: mistake. 6.) Transition plan: mistake. 7.) Transition execution: mistake. 8.) Exit plan: mistake. 9.) Exit execution: mistake. 10.) Caring for troops: mistake. Mostly mistake there. > With that said, the question in front of us is what the heck do we do now. > 1.) Rice goes to Iran, discovers what they want, cuts a deal. 2.) Rice leads regional conference on Iraq solution. 3.) Regional team/UN is given security job while Iraqis come up to speed, US pulls out. 64% of Iraqis don't what us there, Americans don't want us there, we can't care for our own troops, our forces are degraded to point of risking US security ... time to call it a day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229512 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
