No plan
Seems we forgot to figure out what to do after we took over the country:
US ‘had no policy’ in place to rebuild Iraq
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
The US government had “no comprehensive policy or regulatory guidelines” in place for staffing the management of postwar Iraq, according to the top government watchdog overseeing the country’s reconstruction.
The lack of planning had plagued reconstruction since the US-led invasion, and been exacerbated by a “general lack of co-ordination” between US government agencies charged with the rebuilding of Iraq, said Stuart Bowen, the special inspector-general for Iraq reconstruction, in a report released on Sunday. </i>
