The experts are anxiously speaking up. Not only did Bush NOT plan effectively for occupying Iraq, he's crapped all over the UN and the world and told them we don't need their cooperation and help to create a democracy in Iraq. What a marooooon!

U.S. Military Scholars Warn of Wider Iraqi Insurgency
By David Morgan

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - With guerrilla-style attacks escalating in Iraq, the United States may have to begin turning over peacekeeping duties to an international force within a year, or risk a wider insurgency, military analysts warned on Wednesday.


A wave of attacks that has killed 29 U.S. troops since President Bush ( news -web sites ) declared major combat operations over on May 1, appears to stem from a resurgence of Iraqi nationalism among both Sunnis and Shi'ites in the face of U.S. occupation, said scholars at the U.S. Army War College.

"If U.S. forces are still there a year from now, individuals who suggest the United States is there for bad motives will feel more comfortable stirring up problems," said W. Andrew Terrill, research professor at the Carlisle, Pa.-based War College's Strategic Studies Institute.

"Even the (Shi'ites) are saying you need to think about leaving, and they're the ones we're getting along with at the moment," he added...








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