[Romulus]

You make a lot of good points. My quarrel is with the Secretary of Defense, whose repeated declarations that the US had plans for all contingencies, including non-military duties in the wake of an Iraqi collapse, have been exposed as fraudulent. As for whether the museum's looting may be less devastating than feared, I hope you're right. But it has no bearing on Rummy's disingenuousness in having asserted so definitively that Pentagon planners had all the angles figured.

[EaglesUpForever]

Rummy's disingenuousness in having asserted so definitively that Pentagon planners had all the angles figured.

I think you owe Rummy an apology. Saddam looted much of this long ago, and he caused us to need to go in there.

Ultimately, if Iraqis want to destroy their own country they will be able to do so, that's not the sort of contingency that should be Rummy's priority. We should all thank Rummy for the speed of our victory and the low number of casualties.

[whadizit]

The military did great but the aftermath has been hell! I still cannot believe the electricity is still off and people delivering humanitarian supplies say they are scared to go in.

[nopardons]

Try reading ALL the threads about this and stop blaming Rummy for something that is in no way his fault, nor fell to his pervue.