Big-Deal devastating MSM news article (re: Iraq Planning)

[troublemaker]

posting this here because everyone dealing with potential voters should know about it. (As well as the even more shocking Ron Suskind NYT article; link below)

Planning for after the war in Iraq non-existent

By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT
Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - In March 2003, days before the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, American war planners and intelligence officials met at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina to review the Bush administration's plans to oust Saddam Hussein and implant democracy in Iraq.

Near the end of his presentation, an Army lieutenant colonel who was giving a briefing showed a slide describing the Pentagon's plans for rebuilding Iraq after the war, known in the planners' parlance as Phase 4-C. He was uncomfortable with his material - and for good reason.

The slide said: "To Be Provided."

A Knight Ridder review of the administration's Iraq policy and decisions has found that it invaded Iraq without a comprehensive plan in place to secure and rebuild the country. The administration also failed to provide some 100,000 additional U.S. troops that American military commanders originally wanted to help restore order and reconstruct a country shattered by war, a brutal dictatorship and economic sanctions.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9927782.htm
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and don't miss the Ron Suskind NYT article (not Iraq, but the biggest Bush hit since Richard Clarke.) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?oref=login&oref=login