Since his resignation Colin Powell has spoken about how his State Department had drawn up detailed plans on how to manage Iraq after Saddam Hussein had been deposed, but they were thrown out by Bush and Rumsfeld in favour of Rumsfeld's strategy.
We now know that Rumsfeld's plan was to sit back and watch the grateful Iraqis shower their liberators with flowers and love. The various tribes were to set aside their centuries old differences and go about building a nice pro-America capitalist democracy.
I can't help but wonder how Iraq might have turned out if things weren't being run by a man living in a fantasy world. There's not much point in removing him now, as the damage has already been done.
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