That's why people are upset; those in the know are even more upset. I worked on a "Post Reconstruction Database" that would have served as a blueprint for what to do after the war. The Bush Admin. told us point-blank to stuff it. Did not want to hear it, did not want hear about it.
THE CURRENT SITUATION IN IRAQ IS CONSCIOUSLY, WITH DELIBERATE FORETHOUGHT, COMPLETELY SELF-INFLICTED. See: http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=scott_feil August 1, 2002 <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/item.jsp?item=complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq_409> / Events Leading to Iraq Invasion <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq>/ A panel of experts on Iraq warns the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that administering Iraq after the toppling of Saddam's government will be expensive and difficult. The panel says that “there are no obvious successors to Saddam Hussein and that the Bush administration should be prepared to help install and protect a pro-American government if it decides to topple him—a proposition, they added, that would be long and expensive,” the New York Times reports. “Nearly all the experts argued that setting up a stable, pro-Western government in Baghdad would require a huge infusion of aid and a long term commitment of American troops to maintain peace.” [New York Times, 8/2/02 <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/archive/2002/nytimes080202.htm>] Phebe Marr, a professor from the National Defense University who has written prolifically on Iraq, tells the panel, “If the US is going to take the responsibility for removing the current leadership, it should assume that it cannot get the results it wants on the cheap.” Scott Feil, a retired Army colonel who studies postwar reconstruction programs, says that 75,000 troops will be needed in Iraq to stabilize the country after Saddam is removed from power. He estimates that such a deployment will cost in excess of $16 billion per year. After the first 12 months, the colonel says that the force could be reduced in number, possibly to as low as 5,000, though this military presence would have to be maintained for at least another five years. In contrast, Caspar W. Weinberger, the secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan argues that the United States will not need to undertake a major effort in rebuilding Iraq. [New York Times, 8/2/02 <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/archive/2002/nytimes080202.htm>] >I'm angry that Bush is rolling back environmental >policy in favor of an extract and consume policy. I'm >angry that we have made a hash of the war in Iraq and >alieniated the US from the world community in the >process. I'm livid about our energy "policy". > >But I don't understand what is wrong with considering >all options in war. This one was (wisely) discarded. >Maybe it should not have made it up the to the >president (ie been shot down at a lower level). Had he >gone through with it, then yes, very bad decision. But >in the context of how can we win/be successful with >Bush'es Iraq adventure, I am all for creative and >comprehensive thinking. And I am all for eliminating >bone headed ideas from that list. To a casual >observer, it looks like that is exactly what happened. > >So what am I missing? > >thanks >Tom > >Radiance Heating and Plumbing, Inc. (ROC 204149,204150) >Tom Scheel >928-380-6294 > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
