Iraq

I took this photo last week while working at UNC Charlotte.

I’ve tried to keep up to date over the past few years about the Administration’s handling of Iraq in the aftermath of our invasion.

I avoid superficial instant pundit sources. I don’t need some fat ass drug addict radio talk show host nor some fat ass lying fakeumentary film maker to tell me what to think.

I try to find in-depth analytical articles and reports.

I’ve come to the realization that our, so called, leadership is incredibly inept.

In the very short time between running Saddam Hussein to ground and trying to set up a provisional government, the Administration and lackeys made a series of inane decisions that led to the dismal state that is Iraq today.

First and foremost, there was no plan for governing Iraq after the invasion. None. Zip. Nada.

Second, the Administration put imbeciles in important positions in the Iraqi provisional government. Not to mention the imbeciles put into place in our own government.

If you watch the link below – don’t miss the part about the young guy, fresh out of college, who felt the lack of his qualifications and his staff were offset by the fact they were ‘tight fraternity brothers in college’. If this stuff were made up as a novel or short story fiction, it would have been too incredibly stupid to be considered even light weight prose.

Finally, political maneuvering and infighting led to an Iraqi government by default that appears then and now, doomed to failure.

While the topic and history is complex and convoluted, PBS Frontline did a very good job of summing up our involvement in Iraq in that fateful first year. First aired last October, this Frontline report was repeated last night.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/view/

The rebroadcast was to allow viewers, such as myself, to refresh our background knowledge of Iraq in preparation for next weeks’ Frontline broadcast: Endgame.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/endgame/

Kudos to Michael Kirk for undertaking his series of documentaries about our involvement in Iraq. One of the most important underpinnings of democracy is a free and vibrant press.