Talk:There was no plan for the occupation?
From TruthAboutIraq
How are we to assess Conrad Crane's report, Reconstructing Iraq? To my mind it allows of a number of interpretations.
On the one hand, since it was prepared significantly in advance of the invasion of Iraq and it was prepared for the U. S. military, it handily refutes the idea that there was no plan for the occupation of Iraq. On the other hand, it tends to support the idea that the plan wasn't followed. - Tsidjs 21:23, 26 May 2007 (EDT)
- We don't need to "assess" it at all. As Dean has said:
More to the point, this isn't an editorial, it's a fact repository. Maybe I should make that clear in the signup statement as well. We're about facts. There are too many false statements about this war that have gotten into the popular imagination and a lot of us are sick and tired of hearing it.
- So post a summary of what it (plainly) says and any possible interpretations you think are plausible, regardless of who it makes look good or bad.
- The most important thing is that the facts themselves will refute all the lies and distortions and spin people on all sides are spewing out. In this case, I can certainly live with the fact that people make dumb mistakes and sometimes don't follow good advice. But because that kind of attitude doesn't indict Bush enough for those suffering from BDS, they have to lie that there was no plan in the first place. If this kind of material proves the lie, we can link to the page and tell those falling for it where the real facts are.
- I am confident that most people would not look harshly on the war effort if they only knew all the unvarnished facts. And since that's the whole point of this project, that's why I want to help - not because I'm a conservative or a Republican, but because I'm an American, and I don't like being lied to.
- Eh, sorry. Time to get off the soapbox. - Chris 23:20, 26 May 2007 (EDT)
- Please do post it, including reasons why it supports the idea that the plan wasn't followed. I think "the wrong plan", "a bad plan", or "a plan poorly implemented" are legitimate criticisms, and grounds for debate. "No plan" is an out and out falsehood.
- I think the point here is never to underplay legitimate criticism. It's only to answer the falsehoods.--Martin L. Shoemaker 19:48, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
