Interesting article

[nhcigarfan]

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/1...games1105.html


This reminds me of the scenario's run on the effect of a large hurricane on New Orleans a few years before Katrina that everyone ignored.

I hope it's crap, but I doubt it.

[nhcigarfan]

additional info: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB207/index.htm

[Desert Rat]

Absolutely not crap. The military/government knew full well the possible effect of removing Saddam Hussein's regime.


This knowledge was demonstrated by a memorable pre-war quote from Colin Powell:

“And then Powell says to him, somewhat in a chilly way, ‘Are you aware of the consequences?’ Because he'd been pounding for months on the president, on everyone - and Powell directly says, ‘You know, you're gonna be owning this place.’

This was taken from Woodward's book, I actually remember the quote a little differently as Powell saying to the president "You will own Iraq" during an advisory discussion but can't find the source.

Well, we do own it now and the tenants are a little irritating to deal with.

[SmokinDVM]

Just more evidence of what the knew, and covered up, prior to the invasion.

Pentagon Contradicts General on Iraq Occupation Force's Size
By Eric Schmitt
New York Times
February 28, 2003

Mr. Wolfowitz, the deputy defense secretary, opened a two-front war of words on Capitol Hill, calling the recent estimate by Gen. Eric K. Shinseki of the Army that several hundred thousand troops would be needed in postwar Iraq, "wildly off the mark." Pentagon officials have put the figure closer to 100,000 troops. Mr. Wolfowitz then dismissed articles in several newspapers this week asserting that Pentagon budget specialists put the cost of war and reconstruction at $60 billion to $95 billion in this fiscal year. He said it was impossible to predict accurately a war's duration, its destruction and the extent of rebuilding afterward.

Shinseki and several others were forced out of their jobs for telling the truth.
Business as usual with the present admin.