[Mike AI]

There is no doubt the occupation was poorly planned. We should have had overwhelming force and stopped the country from going into chaos.

War by it's very nature is controlled mayhem, it can never be perfectly planned or executed. The secret is to learn adapt on the fly quickly, and having the ability to overcome.

There has been no perfect war. However if one looks at history, this war has been very successful in many ways.

I remember before the war people saying it would be a huge blood bath for US troops, losing 20-K men, WMDs being used on battler field and in cities (Israel).

Then 10 days into the war, with the operational pause, the same people were saying we were already in a Quagmire and predicting the war would all be down hill.... 7 days later Baghdad fell.

Now the same people are saying the same things. Of course after 3 years people can point out mistakes - and there are plenty - but once again I say this is the nature of war.