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'Independent Panel' sez US wasn't preapred for post-war Iraq
EFL: WASHINGTON - An "independent panel" headed by two "former" U.S. national security advisers said Wednesday that chaos in Iraq was due in part to inadequate postwar planning. Planning for reconstruction should match the serious planning that goes into making war, said the panel headed by Samuel Berger and Brent Scowcroft.
Berger was national security adviser to Democratic President Clinton. | Samuel Berger; AKA: Sandy Berger, Sandy Burgler, Sandy "Documents in My Pants" Berger, Samuel "Security-Clearance-Suspended" Berger. |
Scowcroft held the same post under Republican Presidents Ford and George H.W. Bush but has been critical of the current president's Iraq and Mideast policies. | Brent "Stability at All Costs" Scowcroft never met a dictator he didn't want to leave in power. |
"A dramatic military victory has been overshadowed by chaos and bloodshed in the streets of Baghdad, difficulty in establishing security or providing essential services, and a deadly insurgency," the report said. "The costs, human, military and economic, are high and continue to mount," said the report, which was sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent foreign policy group.
Posted by: Steve 2005-07-27 |
