Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
in place to handle the problems associated with a post-Saddam Iraq once the inevitable crushing of Saddam's military was achieved?

-- I think it is pretty clear that this step could've been done better. As in, someone might actually have wanted to DO THIS BEFORE KICKING OVER THE %*!!@^# APPLE CART.
it is a good general rule in life that if you can't fix it, don't break it.

A lot of business plans start with the exit strategy and then build from there.