Hey....put yourself in their shoes!
Your country gets invaded, defeated militarily, the government is there but leaderless, the Coalition forces guard only the Oil Ministry and Petroleum Assets. Anarchy breaks out and the Coalition does not have enough troop strength or Contingency Plans to cope with the problem.
Then along comes Paul Bremer who chucks the previously selected Leader of the country out of office, fires the government, disbands the Police and Military, terminates salaries, pensions, and does not seize or secure all of the arms, munitions, artillery, and explosives left over from the War.
Now...you reckon a guy whose country has been invaded, occupied, and is being run by foreigners and people who he does not like for any number of reasons....who is now unemployed, broke financially, has no hope of work, no source of income, but does have his AK-47 and RPG....is going to be a Happy Camper?
I am just a dumb ass old helicopter pilot but even I can see all that might cause a problem for some folks.
Paul Bremer, George Bush et al did not.
Yes the Insurgency took off....like a Rocket!
If the Police had been retained, the military retained, along with the civil servants....then things would have been a lot better. They would have had jobs, would have been running their own country, and would have been a part of bringing the country back to life. Ridding the ranks of Baathists who had perpetrated crimes could have been done in an orderly fashion over time. They would have had no reason to fight the Coalition forces as they did the way things took place.
Look at the situation we find ourselves in today....Libya a mess, Egypt in turmoil but fighting Radical Islamists but not being supported by Obama, and now the dildo butt wants to attack Syria......pure darn Genius I would say!
Every thing the guy has done has played right into the hands of Al Qaeda and other Radical Islamic groups.....and has done so way to nicely to be completely a product of miscalculation or by accident.
At least the Egyptian Military are fighting the Muslim Brotherhood and its excesses.....but the MB will succeed in Libya and in time probably win out in Syria. The Iranians are on a roll here. They shall be the dominant power in the Middle East within a few years.
We can thank Jimmy Carter for kick starting that.
Last edited by SASless; 3rd Sep 2013 at 05:13.