All Pentagon War Game Scenarios on Iraq Resulted in Disaster
June 16th, 2007Via: Times Online:
General Anthony Zinni, the chief of US central command, war-gamed Iraq for more than a year before the invasion and every scenario he devised ended in a disaster, requiring many hundreds of thousands of US troops to bring it under control and remain in occupation for many years. Yet none of these scenarios was even considered by President Bush when he made the decision to invade.
Vice-President Cheney viewed the Iraq as a perfect opportunity to prove the “Rumsfeld doctrine†of low-manpower, shock-and-awe aerial warfare, without any need for the US to win allies or for the military to engage in “state-building†tasks.
There is now strong evidence that President Bush didn’t even know the difference between Shia and Sunni Muslims when he decided to attack Iraq – and that dissenting opinions were simply blocked by Mr Cheney before they could reach the President’s desk.
These fellows were going in no matter what. The question is: what would have to happen for Bush (or Hillary when she gets in) to leave Iraq? The Dead won’t change them. There has to be a point of desperation where they see Russia, China, and Iran soldifying their alliance, Iraq becoming more unruly, and the Dollar being hammered, thus destroying their ability to wage war. Is this when they capitulate, or risk a final throw against Iran?
If they back out, we’ll have a couple more years to prepare before the economic collapse. If they go after Iran, it could all tumble down within months.