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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (217031)2/8/2007 10:12:15 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The subsequent objective - establishing a functional and generally accepted government in Iraq - was not appropriate to an armed force, and may not have been achievable by any means available to the US. Naturally, it was not accomplished.

I wonder if you are familiar with Thomas P.M. Barnett, who used to work for the Navy, and now writes about exactly the issues you raise.

Before 9/11 he was meeting with the excellent bond company, Canto Fitzgerald, regularly at Windows on the World, at the top of the World Trade Center. (If you recall, they lost the vast majority of their greatest thinkers on 9/11.)

The results of the work he did is a book, The Pentagon's New Map. (I have an autographed copy obtained directly from him after a speech on Capitol Hill.)
amazon.com;

He agrees with you that the military in Iraq easily accomplished goals consistent within the competence of the military but hasn't been able to accomplish goals they simply are not designed for.

His solution is something he calls "SysAdmin."
thomaspmbarnett.com

Interestingly, he's also a Democrat and a Clinton supporter (which I am not). Nevertheless, I think he's grasped the rule sets necessary to sustain a globalized economy, which is something that the world has achieved and lost several times, with chaos and global economic depression resulting from the loss.
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