Quote Originally Posted by Del Arroyo
Actually Redleg, to be perfectly honest-- watching what was happening in Iraq, it was about one month after the fall of Baghdad that I felt there would surely be an insurgency.

I wanted to be wrong, but I wasn't. But it was clear to me at that very early date that things were being horribly bungled. That's some kind of sight but it sure ain't hindsight.

DA
I got concerned a bit earlier, when the Museum in Baghdad was sacked, and I heard the Admin and Military response to it: they couldn't maintain security. Simply put, we didn't have enough boots on the ground. McCain and others were right. The Administration tried to do this on the cheap. Even now I am constantly hearing that we have problems with insurgents re-establishing themselves when we leave after a sweep. That is a clear sign that we haven't had the requisite strength for the occupation.

The unfortunate thing is the lack of adequate security sent the signal that an insurgency could and would fluorish. It is one of those things where you only get one chance to show you have control. If you fail on that first attempt, you are screwed.