harry hope

He said White House officials failed to think through the implications
of the conflict in advance.

"I'm not aware of any discussion of post-conflict Iraq taking place
before November or December of last year," he said.

From The Associated Press, 6/26/03:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-britain-postwar-iraq,0,7174981.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Ex-Diplomat Criticizes Postwar Iraq Plan

LONDON --

A former U.S. ambassador who had been working with a U.S.-led
reconstruction team in Iraq said in an interview broadcast Thursday
that Washington failed to prepare to run the country after the war.

Timothy Carney, who until recently worked with the Office of
Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq, said too much
emphasis was placed on the military campaign and not enough on
security and political problems that could follow.

"What we didn't understand was the lack of resources and priority that
would be assigned to our efforts," Carney said in an interview from
Washington with British Broadcasting Corp. radio.

"Those military officers simply did not understand or give enough
priority to the transition from their military mission to the
political military mission," added Carney, who has been overseeing the
work of Iraq's interior ministry.

He said White House officials failed to think through the implications
of the conflict in advance.

"I'm not aware of any discussion of post-conflict Iraq taking place
before November or December of last year," he said.

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Why? Because the Bushies obviously didn't give a shit about what
happened afterwards of course. Ya got limited brain capacity in the
Bush White House.

Harry