[SeekAndFind]

RE: the whole policy was a disaster and deBa’athification, not having an actual plan for Civil Restoration after taking down Sadam

So, if we had a post-Saddam takedown plan that was NOT a disaster, would it have been a good idea to invade? Or was the entire invasion policy totally wrong?

I’m not sure what the issue is — the invasion, or the post-invasion implementation.

[AndyJackson]

Well I think the whole idea was a disaster from start to finish. It was strategic over-reach of the order of the Syracuse invasion by Athens which cost them their naval fleet, their empire and their democracy.

I am merely pointing out that another part of the insanity was that the idiot neo-cons didn't even have a plan for what comes next. I guess they though liberal democracy was going to break out in the Middle East once Sadam was gone. Wishful thinking is not a plan.