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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (714795)	11/22/2005 7:50:43 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

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To: Bill who wrote (714795)	11/22/2005 10:07:02 PM
From: BEEF JERKEY	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

My opinion is that Rumsfeld engineered the chaos we have seen in Iraq these last three years. The Pentagon plainly wanted more troops than Rumsfeld allowed. Yes Rumsfeld won the so-called "war" against a badly crippled Iraqi army - but there was no plan for the aftermath. The "war part two" has been a hard slog where the Insurgents have fought the mighty US Military to standstill. Less Oil comes out of Iraq now than before the Invasion. The lights are on less. The country is less secure. The US Military leapfrogs around the country cleaning out insurgents from one place but unable to hold that town because they have to leapfrog out to another place because lack of troops. Rumsfeld also lost the hearts of many Iraqi's with the Abu-Garib scandal. Rumsfeld tried to fight this war on the cheap and that’s why its failing - either send in enough troops to hold the country down and change it - or get out.