[Cannoneer No. 4]

Not totally unprepared. Would you have waited until we were totally prepared? Have we ever been totally prepared? Is perfection possible in war?

After what we have learned about CIA opposition to this war, is it any wonder our intel on the Saddam Fedayeen and the Mukhabarat was weak?

See Camp Saddam.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) did not have a focused human intelligence (HUMINT) collection strategy targeting Iraq's links to terrorism until 2002. The CIA had no [redacted] sources on the ground in Iraq reporting specifically on terrorism.

[Jim Noble]

Have we ever been totally prepared? Is perfection possible in war?

THAT is the central failure of the administration PR strategy in Iraq.

War, all war, is a series of catastrophes which, if managed well, can lead towards victory.

The catastrophic history of WWII, if you didn't know who won eventually, would curl your hair.

Our people were not prepared properly, nor were they properly led, for the Iraq war.

[okie01]

After what we have learned about CIA opposition to this war, is it any wonder our intel on the Saddam Fedayeen and the Mukhabarat was weak?

That's a legitimate "slam dunk"...