harry wrote:


It was a cockup because Bush &co were too thick to think about VI day
+1.
Mission accomplished Heh Heh.
The US army never even had the wit to disarm the Iraqi army and secure
the arsenals.
They never even had the wit to just install new officers in the Iraqi
army and use it.
They just disbanded it and sent the personnel home (with their guns).
What a bunch of knuckleheads.
I suppose they were too busy steaing the Iraqi billions.

It is generally held that the Iraqi army self-disbanded. That is, the people
in the army were not "fired," they simply went home. Just like the
Confederate Army, the German and Japanese armies after WW2, and virtually
all the other armies of a defeated belligerent (although many believe the
Confederate army didn't REALLY disband, but is simply waiting for the right
moment...).