Preparing for the next invasion

[Theophylact]

Long article in the Los Angeles Times -- you have to read all the way to the end to get to this:

Looking back from the third floor of the Pentagon, [Douglas] Feith dismissed such criticism as "simplistic." Despite initial problems, he said, progress is being made, with order returning to most of the country and a new Iraqi governing council in place.

Still, he and other Pentagon officials said, they are studying the lessons of Iraq closely -- to ensure that the next U.S. takeover of a foreign country goes more smoothly.

"We're going to get better over time," promised Lawrence Di Rita, a special assistant to Rumsfeld. "We've always thought of post-hostilities as a phase" distinct from combat, he said. "The future of war is that these things are going to be much more of a continuum.

"This is the future for the world we're in at the moment," he said. "We'll get better as we do it more often."

That's amusing. I wonder who we'll go for next. Syria or Iran?

[Droppyale]

I hope they don't come after Venezuela...

We've got OIL!

[427Windsorman]

Originally posted by Droppyale
We've got OIL!

if that is what it was all about, we would never have gone to the Middle East. We could have taken your country without firing a shot

[Mike]

LOL Well that would have went over well. "Hello America! We have decided to send forces to Venezuela."