Management of war (Tommy Franks, & Co)

[PornoDoggy]

I have no opinion on General Franks plan for Baghdad, since I'm not privy to it. What does that make me - a defeatist? Anti-American?

First of all, I think that the hysteria has come from the cheerleaders for the Bush Administration, and not the so-called "critics" of the plan.

I'm quite sure that Laura Bush's old high school classmate has done just peachy-keen, and he will get a hallway named after himself in the Pentagon, and a whole lot more nice shiny pretties to hang off his chest.

However - IF it is true that American/allied forces were nearly unprepared for the level of resistance put up by Iraqi irregulars, there is something wrong someplace.

IF is is true that they never even gamed out scenarios in which Iraqi resistance was significant, there is something REALLY wrong someplace.

The Vietnam rhetoric is dead? If you mean the anti-war rhetoric, I'll buy that - it never did appy to this situation.

If you are talking about concerns over objetives, tactics and procedures, well, it is way too early to tell. We'll know better about that when we see what Afghanistan and Iraq look like in five or ten years. That's not a timeline that will appeal to American attention spans, but that's what it is going to take.