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Originally Posted by yesman065
We freed them from the tyrannical reign of a monster - why would we expect them to be grateful?
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"Shock and awe" doesn't pave the way for flower-strewn streets. We destroyed their infrastructure, disbanded their military, fired their civil service, and then expected everything to fall into place. They had no backup plan; in fact they believe that
backup plans are counterproductive.
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Top administration officials are however adamant that contemplating an alternative would simply doom the current plan to failure.
"I don't think you go to plan B. You work with plan A," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday, explaining why the administration had no contingency plans lined up.
"You work with plan A and you give it the possibility of success, the best possibility of success."
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