the Sugar Conspiracy

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

What post-war planning?

The former US governor of Iraq has admitted the United States "never" had enough ground troops in Iraq to establish firm control of the country, directly contradicting assertions by President George W. Bush and top Pentagon officials that the US military had what it needed to win the war.

The admission, made in a speech Monday, was certain to add fuel to already heated exchanges between President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival, John Kerry, who has repeatedly accused th president of failing to adequately plan for post-war Iraq.

"We never had enough troops on the ground," Ambassador Paul Bremer told a conference of insurance professionals in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Of course, it remains to be asked why Bremer didn't make a bigger deal about this at the time.

UPDATE: He did...see two posts up.

posted by chris at 1:25 PM
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