Bush & Blair: The Iraq Fantasy
Neither will admit that Iraq is a disaster. But while their state of denial may cost votes in Washington and London, on the frontline in the Middle East, it continues to cost lives
By Patrick Cockburn
"When does the incompetence end and the crime begin?" asked an appalled German Chancellor in the First World War when the German army commander said he intended to resume his bloody and doomed assaults on the French fortress city of Verdun.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15514.htm
1999 war games foresaw problems in Iraq
The U.S. government conducted a series of secret war games in 1999 that anticipated an invasion of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, and even then chaos might ensue.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15517.htm
By Patrick Cockburn
"When does the incompetence end and the crime begin?" asked an appalled German Chancellor in the First World War when the German army commander said he intended to resume his bloody and doomed assaults on the French fortress city of Verdun.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15514.htm
1999 war games foresaw problems in Iraq
The U.S. government conducted a series of secret war games in 1999 that anticipated an invasion of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, and even then chaos might ensue.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15517.htm
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