Quote Originally Posted by SWJED
National Review - An American in Baghdad.
The insurgency is the fault of the insurgents? I was of the impression that for an insurgency to develop, grow, and become self-sustaining, that there were several conditions necessary, one of which was the presence of a grievance or grievances. Another is always the abuse of force which inflames a dormant grievance, regardless of whether real of perceived. If these are true, I would ask, who over promised and under-delievered on the re-establishment of basic services? Who dissolved the Iraqi military? Who failed to develop a program to give amnesty to former regime elements, or mechanism by which they had a way out other than joining the insurgency?

In the end, I hope Mr. Bremer's book receives the same treatment as Robert McNamara's In Retrospect.