Phase IV

I am watching Anthony Zinni on t.v. and he says that the Bush Administration scrapped his plan, several years in the making, for the invasion of Iraq.

"I think they tried to do it on the cheap," the former head of CENTCOM, or the Central Command that is responsible for the MIddle East said in response to what the major problem was in the planning for the invasion of Iraq.

Just threw it right out the window.

Remember that "genius" Paul Wolfowitz saying when asked about an estimate by then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki that several hundred thousand troops would be needed in postwar Iraq, was "wildly off the mark."

I guess Wolfy knew more than a decorated West Point graduate and head of the U.S. Army?

Wolfowitz was also condescending to those who contradicted his rosy estimate of how much it will cost. This is an oldy, but a goody...

"We're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon."

Zinnis plan called for 380,000 American troops to ensure the occupation provided safety and security for the Iraqis. It was based on many years of research and planning by people that had been operating in the region since the first Gulf War.

But then that would be the kind of plan Bush Sr. would advocate, so we know GW would not have any of that, seeing he gets guidance from a "higher father," someone elses father who apparently was President and invaded Iraq.


SWIFT BOATS AT THE READY!