I probably should have stated that more clearly. It is in the planning ( civilian DOD - buck stops at Rumsfeld, State, executive - Bush, Cheney - coordination ) that the post-war was bumbled. The military seems to be working very well given the cards they were dealt.
>I have some sympathy for the military. They are trained to fight and instead they are being asked to keep the peace. Between two groups who don't want peace.
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>Peacekeeping should be the job of diplomats, if only we had any.
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>>Point was, there is a contingency plan in the Pentagon for *everything*. If there isn't, they aren't doing their job.
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>>( the exception - a contingency plan for the Iraq post-war - is a good example of where they weren't doing their job ! )
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http://www.esquire.com/features/iranbriefing1107>>>>
>>>>No time to go to the link, but my guess would be since December 1979?
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>>>>I would bet there are still contingency plans to retake East Berlin, prevent Turkey from allowing the Reich to use the Bosphorus, and invade Canada if they supply weapons to the Confederacy.
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>>>And don't foget we never did find out the Smoking Man's real identity...
Charles Hankey
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- Thomas Hardy
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