Originally Posted by
SASless
Al-Bert,
Lang's credentials are very impressive and he should know what he is talking about.
That being said....without knowing far more about him it is impossible to evaluate his position on issues.
I would suggest our involvement in the areas he was responsible for reporting upon has not been what could be described as a stellar success has it?
I have said in the past some huge mistakes were made.....using a single Source to base a plan of action, failing to field sufficient forces after the invasion, and then dis-banding the Iraqi Military, Police, and Government.
That was a genuine recipe for failure.....copied from WWII and the treatment of the Germans. Even Patton saw the folly of that back then.
If the good Col is to be believed, this latest Trumperation wasn't a mistake but a pre-planned deception nichts war?