> tBone wrote: > If > you ask me we should have instantly switched to that sort of operation after > the final collapse of the Baath Regime. Heavy on civil affairs and psyops > and lightning strikes against insurgent cells. >
If you see "No End In Sight", Gen Garner lays out why, had we locked down things after the fall of Baghdad, there would be no insurgency. The insurgency was created by a number of factors: 1.) Hussein's release of all criminals 2.) American's refusal to enforce law and order after the fall 3.) Virtually zero nation building and humanitarian effort post-fall 4.) No security on known weapons caches 5.) The dismissal of the military 6.) The firing of every member of Baath party 7.) The barricading of the new gov't. Put all these together and end up with a enraged population with open access guns and explosives, but no voice and no law and a new ruler behind a 12 foot wall. It's less "insurgency" than it is chaos. That's why you ended up with Baghdad neighborhoods creating their own security forces and then fighting against other neighborhoods. The whole thing is a lesson on how to seriously fuck up a country the right way. In the future, anyone who wants to "fire sale" a country will look to the US occupation of Iraq. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243766 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
