Of course there are many problems...how could there not be? Remove the police structure here and see what happens overnight. But if anyone can stand to hear some good news, and please don't read further if it will upset you, I just read a very encouraging report from a major in the Corps of Engineers...reporting on how the oil was being pumped, power was being restored, water was being somewhat purified and pumped. It is going to be a very prosperous country, and there will be a ripple effect. We do need to have a "civil affairs" setup, and we need to specific ally train peacekeepers...someone wisely suggested that that is a very good place for women in the military...you certainly need some for checkpoint situations involving women civilians, and you don't have some of the problems that you have with a force of young males in a country..
I think from the start there should have been plans to use certain segments of the Iraqi Army for security and of course for engineering....the Iraqi engineers pleaded to be put to use...of course there are still military considerations but who knows...

mg