Mike said “I bet Gore would have done a better job post-invasion.”
There was only plan that could win the Iraqi people to the side of the USA, stay long enough to convince them it wasn’t suicide to support the USA.
The abandonment of Vietnam in the early 1970s meant the USA was starting from negative credibility that cost time and lives, both Iraqi and Coalition.
No amount of clever planning could change that. Right now the Iraqis have turned on al Qaeda and are standing up for their own defense, siding with the USA. Convincing both the Arab street and followers of Islam to do that is a success on par with walking on water.
So of course it’s criticized as taking too long while being rushed. Since it’s George W. Bush walking on water the MSM is reporting it as “President Bush can’t swim.”
