You hope for the best and plan for the worst. A quick zip into Baghdad would have been nice with popular revolts, but it didnt happen, yet all we've lost is 24 troopers so far.
Believe me, what you see is nowhere near "worst case". This War will be essentially over after we engage the RG in earnest.
You, Clark , McCaffery and the rest of the handwringers will have to find something else to carp about.
And, I would NEVER want YOU as a " friendly " nor " expert witness in any court case, after the abject lack of knowledge, pomposity, and flagrant disregard of facts, that you've shown on this thread.