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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
There was an article somewhere today about recalling Hussein's military folks, and it placed the blame for disbanding it (without any plans for what these people would do) squarely on the senior civilian leadership of the DOD. Who is that again?
It indicated that the Joint Chiefs and the Provisional Authority civilians did not have a say, and possibly any warning. Not surprisingly, the critic was a Col. who served as an adviser to the Provisional Authority.
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Hmmm. I knew they were reversing the "de-Baathification" -- which always seemed like a move motivated much more by ideology than pragmatism which ignored the realities of Iraqi society -- but I had not seen that article.
Bremer has taken a great deal of criticism for the initial decision to disband the Iraqi Army. Perhaps now that he is out of there, he and/or some of his folks are quietly correcting the record.
S_A_M
P.S. Fortunately for the Republicans, the voters will surely not allow their estimation of the performance of the President to be affected by the performance/abilities of those he appoints to key positions. Fear not, and keep the focus on smearing Kerry.
