[Archangelsk]

I realistically expected better project management for the aftermath (it should have been planned concurrently with the combat effort). Obviously, very obviously, that wasn't done based on the chinese firedrill that's going on over there. The cost of this CF is the blood of the troops that I served with. The lame excuses coming from the mouths of the enablers and the sycophants of the administration probably grates against the gut of every soldier, sailor, airman or Marine who has served or is currently serving.

[vbmoneyspender]

I read alot of media reports from chicken-little types telling me that the sky is falling. Then I read stuff from people like Mark Steyn, who was there for a number of weeks post-Saddam, and he describes an entirely different picture based on conversations with our troops. I'd like to know what you think should have been done better. Should we have been able in two months time to get an energy grid back up that had been neglected for years? Should we have been to please every single person in Iraq so that no demonstrations were held against the U.S.? Should we have been able to capture every single renegade fedayeen so that no-one shot or killed a U.S. troop post-Baghdad? I would like to get some specifics on exactly what you think should have been planned for, but wasn't.

[John D]

And what was your rank in the militry? If you know it all you should be in the service advising the president. We have very competent people over there. My son is over there right now and I feel he is safer with this administration than any other since Reagan, (and maybe even longer). I suppose you would rather have the coward from Hope AK, or the inventer of the internet.