Paul Wolfowitz, Roots of Hope in Realm of Fear

The Washington Post Roots Of Hope In a Realm Of Fear By Paul Wolfowitz Monday, July 28, 2003 Behind the police academy in Baghdad stands the forked trunk of a dead tree, unusual for the fact that on each branch the bark is permanently marked by two sets of ropes -- one high enough to tie up a man,

Paul Gigot, Iraqis' Greatest Fear is US will cut and run

<< Which brings up the other large American mistake: The failure to enlist Iraqi allies into the fight from the very start. Pentagon officials had wanted to do this for months, but they were trumped by the CIA, State and former Centcom chief Tommy Franks. The result has been too many GIs doing job