Yesterday I wrote two posts (here and here that dealt with the SIGIR report on post-war planning for Iraq. As a point of clarification, I would not […]

Oh, and water and sewers as military targets. Kind of like the Army Corps of Engineers building dams and bridges in Tennessee. Rebuilding infrastructure in a country that never had it in the first place is simply a step in fighting the counterinsurgency. Smart and good for the people.

Creating more enemies? Here is the beautiful thing about this war, we don’t have to do ANYTHING to create enemies, just simply living and breathing our “infidel” Western ways creates enemies. (yes, we are at war, kind of like WW II). A Danish Cartoon created as many enemies as a year of occupation in Iraq (how many violent protests break out in protesting US’s role in Iraq?). No matter what we do, these people will always find a reason to hate us, at least Iraq is a proactive effort, albeit a frustrating one. What is your recommendation other then simply dumping the country’s leadership and starting over (which would not have the desired effect of defeating the terrorists, it would simply embolden them because removing the current administration is the part of the terrorists’ goals).

If anything, this report should be enough evidence to show that Bush & Rumsfeld are plainly incompetent. I would like to see Congress push forward on House Resoulution 625 in light of this. That, of course, would take Republican leadership–which is non-existent in Congress at this moment.