Going to War with the Leaders you have

Mike Whitney

Name one part of the occupation of Iraq that has succeeded? From the shortage of soldiers, to de-Ba’athification, to the disbanding the Iraqi military, to the lack of body-armor, to leaving the ammo-dumps unprotected, to Falluja, to Abu Ghraib, to Haditha, to the stage-managed, public relations Jessica Lynch incident (which was later exposed as a sham) every facet of Iraqi fiasco has been a complete and utter failure.

And whose name is on that failure? Whose name features most prominently on the greatest strategic disaster in American history? Don Rumsfeld. Hands down, Don Rumsfeld is the biggest flop in American history. No one else even comes close.

Major General Paul Eaton summarized Rumsfeld’s dismal performance this way: "Rumsfeld has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq"...

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