Hardly, but it is another sign of W's incompetence. I believe the initial estimate was $40 to $60 billion. We should have gone in with overwhelming force and seized control at the very beginning.
“Hardly, but it is another sign of W’s incompetence. I believe the initial estimate was $40 to $60 billion. We should have gone in with overwhelming force and seized control at the very beginning.”
Yeah right. The initial estimate was never 40-60 billion. We did go in with overwhelming force and still have it there. What we don’t have is the political will to use that force.
You know - that was what "Shock and Awe" was suppose to be... But in reality, there was very little shock, and pretty much no "awe". The resistance is far stronger now than the first few weeks of the war.
Foot - had we gone in with REAL power and authority, we would be simply finishing up the touches to the power grid, and be nearly ready to bring our last few troops home (other than those who would be setting up the permanent bases there).
But when you try to fight a PC war (no such thing), then you get bogged down. Add to that, we are trying to trust folks who have time and time again proven that they are not trustworthy....