Iraqi Leaders Say U.S. Was Warned of Disorder After Hussein
From the New York Times article "Iraqi Leaders Say U.S. Was Warned of Disorder After Hussein, but Little Was Done"...
Rumsfeld's mistake: In many ways the war plan drove the postwar plan, senior military officials said. ... the plan for after the Iraqi government fell assumed that Iraqi troops and police officers would stay on the job — an assumption that proved wrong. "The political leadership bought its own spin," said one senior Defense Department official involved in the planning, in part because it "made selling the war easier."
Bush's mistake: Last fall, experts from the State, Defense and Treasury Departments and other agencies began writing the outlines of plans for dealing with potential civilian crises in postwar Iraq, establishing a new government and other issues. But, officials said, the White House failed to resolve a feud between the State Department and the Pentagon over which department would oversee the mission, a fight that was settled only in January when Mr. Bush chose the Pentagon.
The real mistake: In the end, administration officials appeared to have formed their views by picking and choosing from the advice offered
Rumsfeld's mistake: In many ways the war plan drove the postwar plan, senior military officials said. ... the plan for after the Iraqi government fell assumed that Iraqi troops and police officers would stay on the job — an assumption that proved wrong. "The political leadership bought its own spin," said one senior Defense Department official involved in the planning, in part because it "made selling the war easier."
Bush's mistake: Last fall, experts from the State, Defense and Treasury Departments and other agencies began writing the outlines of plans for dealing with potential civilian crises in postwar Iraq, establishing a new government and other issues. But, officials said, the White House failed to resolve a feud between the State Department and the Pentagon over which department would oversee the mission, a fight that was settled only in January when Mr. Bush chose the Pentagon.
The real mistake: In the end, administration officials appeared to have formed their views by picking and choosing from the advice offered
// 11/30/2003 
