Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
Iraq was arguably the most successful military campaign anywhere, ever. The remit given to miliary commanders was regime change by military force and the resulting effort was a masterpiece of the effective use of precision military effects. The problem of course was the lack of a coherent executable plan for the day after. Defeating Iran militarily is the easy part, managing the fall out is a a whole different magnitude of hard. The region is at a tipping point and use of force decisions by Israel and the USA will have lasting consequences, but the status quo is not sustainable. A regional war is IMO inevitable and Iran will be decisively defeated, lets just hope there is a plan for a sustainable peace after the kinetic effects are over.
Which came down to one guy. W Paul Bremer. The next 17 years of sorrow are on his shoulders. he was given sound guidance by multiple agencies, and disregarded the lot.