From the immediate aftermath, the dearth of follow-on forces, and the apparent failure to insure that the civilians were taken care of immediately behind the assault forces, it seems like the administration focused ONLY on the former possibility.
Oh man, absolutely. I'd consistently think after a briefing, well that was all well and good but where are the OTHER operations they should be putting in place behind the advancing front?
I was watching when they were doing that "pull down Saddam's statue" thing, and I kept yelling at the screen "Why aren't you organizing that crowd????" All they did was organize a riot, instructing them to destroy rather than move to ensure order was maintained by the locals themselves.
By the time they were showing people looting a ministry dept where records were kept, and Rumsfeld said that wasn't anything to be worried about, I knew they never put any forethought into what they would do afterward.
It wasn't, AFAIK, a question of being too thin elsewhere. Rather, it seems to have revolved around the failure of the northern push to materialize.
Although I have a differing opinion, I will bow to your better informed opinion.
I guess it's kind of fun to beat up on the US, while at the same time conveniently forgetting about their own lack of action.
Heheheh.... exactly.
holmes {in temp decloak from lurker mode}
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