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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (55738)	3/24/2008 6:23:08 AM
From: NAG1	Read Replies (1) of 543303

<<The initial rebuilding did not go well because the military's past decades of training simply did not address the current situation. The military adapted and thing are better and getting better and the time frame was amazingly quick.>> Thomas, The initial rebuilding didn't go well because the Bush administration didn't listen to their people on the ground, specifically, Gen. Garner. He wanted to pay the old military to keep them off the field of battle, someone else didn't(possibly Bremer) and no one had the guts to tell Bush that the new plan was wrong. It is all documented in State of Denial by Woodward, a person who at first had written 2 books somewhat complimentary to the Bush White House. I think the main reason that things have improved right now is that we are now paying some of the Iraqis, something that should have been done years ago. And to think it only took about 4000 Americans dead and thousands others wounded and a half trillion dollars in order to reach a conclusion that they should have reached 5 years ago. The military is doing its usual same excellent job it was doing 5 years ago. It was politics that undermined them. Neal

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