[Caipirabob]

The only problem I have with the execution of the war was the seeming delay between the victory of the war itself and the quelling of terrorist activity due to lack of troops.

That cost us many lives and billions of dollars.

Some people state that we couldn't deploy more troops immediately as it would have upset those in the ME who were somewhat on board with our actions. Appeasing neighboring muslim/arab nations who provided minimal help and such.

Others say that Donald Rumsfeld simply wouldn't follow the suggestions of those who said more troops were necessary.

I could come up with several other explanations, all equally speculative.

However the fact remains that we only turned the situation around after Rumsfeld was forced out of office and the right commanders were put in charge.

I have to ask: What was the delay in doing this from day one?

Certainly they may not have anticipated the level of difficulty they would have experienced from terrorist sponsored resistance. However once that discussion became verified fact, there should have been immediate action taken.

I'm not ready to condemn the administration for the war, however the execution of it bears scrutiny. Who got in the way? I mean other than the traitorous democrats.

Apparently they are gone now, and President Bush will have a triumphant victory in Iraq.

However his legacy will be questioned over the above concerns I have noted.

Had these problems been resolved sooner, who knows what might have been achieved in neighboring rogue nations. Perhaps the democrats might have never gained a foothold in congress, thusly crippling any future pursuit of this war on terror.

JMHO...

Oh, one more thing. This nation needs to begin executing people for high treason. The democrats have nurtured and comforted our enemies throughout this conflict and intentionally divided this nation for the sake of power.

They need to pay the price for their actions.

[Clemenza]

Rumsfeld was and is a bean counter. It was all about “doing it on the cheap” to prove that we wouldn’t have to spend billions and billions.

[Alberta's Child]

The first evidence of this administration's incompetence during the post-invasion period came not when Rumsfeld was fired after the 2006 election, but in the spring of that year when the Federal government stopped reporting one of the three major measures (M3) of the nation's money supply.

To me, that was a clear indication that the military campaign and post-invasion occupation of Iraq was, in fact, costing this country far more than anyone in Washington was willing to admit, and was an ominous warning about what was certain to become a massive increase in monetary inflation in this country. Some astute Freeper(s) have pointed out that the real rate of monetary inflation in this country is now somewhere on the order of 18% -- which makes the "official" inflation data published by the Federal government downright comical.