I took the below from the blog Brownian Emotion. It's a good blog, too focused on US politics and conspiracy theories for me, but I don’t think I’m in the target audience (if he even has one). I love his take on US tactics in Iraq. Link.
Plan A was to be greeted as Liberators, fund the war with Iraqi oil and come home in six weeks.
Plan B was to forget the liberator stuff, but find the WMD, kill Saddam and remove combat forces asap.
Plan C was to forget the WMD, but disband the Iraqi military and bureaucracy and make a better one.
Plan D was to forget plan C, and help Iraq form a new "Democracy" after Plan B also failed.
Plan E was to quell the sectarian violence that resulted from Plans C and B, and the deep misunderstanding of the population for plan D.
Plan F was to root out the insurgents that resulted from the failure of plans D and E.
Plan G was to get al Qaeda bogged dwn in Iraq, because plan E and F were going so well.
Plan H was to blame Iran for interfering with Plans E and F, to the extent they worked at all.
Plan I was to use Iraq as a launch-point to attack Iran, in retribution for Plan H.
and, finally, when it all comes home to roost:
Plan J is for Jesus to save the day.
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