"Trying to control a country and a military that fell appart so quickly would be beyond any capability of the US Army."

more rubbish from dave. do you recall that gen. shinseki (head of the army at the time) testified before congress and said that we would need at least 300,000 troops on the ground to handle the postwar responsibilities (this before the war began). he was marched off to a quick retirement with a push from rumsfeld who is responsible for the undermanning and wretched performance of our forces.

"As for treating the Iraqis better, lets just say the military are not social workers and policemen. It is very difficult to weed out the decent from the bad when everyone is yelling in a language you dont understand,and waving and shooting guns."

when you invade someone's country there will be waving and shooting of guns. if we had planned properly to secure the country the UN would be operating the peacekeeping forces a job they are designed for. we, unfortunately, abused the UN and the WMD inspectors to promote the bush admin. agenda and have failed to provide enough security to allow them to operate.

"I still think Bush was fed a diet of bad information; and I have to say I saw nothing in his planning that wasnt born of genuine shock and revulsion to 911."

absolute rubbish here. have you read the downing street memo? google it up. it is the official minutes of a meeting in britain several months before the war outlining to blair and his people how the US was fixing the intelligence to fit the scenario they wanted. an attitude of pure cynicism and evil carried out in our names. bush is a war criminal.