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To: sylvester80 who wrote (170984)	9/20/2005 3:17:32 AM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Iraq: it's only getting worse with no end in sight. Where are the adults in the Bush administration? All I see are 3 year olds waiting for someone to tell them what to do. =======http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1106307,00.html Sunday, Sep. 18, 2005 Saddam's Revenge The secret history of U.S. mistakes, misjudgments and intelligence failures that let the Iraqi dictator and his allies launch an insurgency now ripping Iraq apart By JOE KLEIN... The intelligence officers stressed these points: â€¢ They believe that Saddam's inner circle--especially those from the Military Bureau--initially organized the insurgency's support structure and that networks led by former Saddam associates like al-Ahmed and al-Duri still provide money and logistical help. â€¢ The Bush Administration's fixation on finding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in 2003 diverted precious intelligence resources that could have helped thwart the fledgling insurgency. â€¢ From the beginning of the insurgency, U.S. military officers have tried to contact and negotiate with rebel leaders, including, as a senior Iraq expert puts it, "some of the people with blood on their hands." â€¢ The frequent replacement of U.S. military and administrative teams in Baghdad has made it difficult to develop a counterinsurgency strategy. The accumulation of blunders has led a Pentagon guerrilla-warfare expert to conclude, "We are repeating every mistake we made in Vietnam."