Charles Ferguson's documentary No End In Sight has spurred the discussion of just what went wrong in the early days of the Iraq war. Since the release of his film, Ferguson has continued to interview public figures, including embattled former NYC police chief Bernard Kerik, who served as Interim Minister of Interior of Iraq in 2003.
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I agree, but I also have to wonder if martial law had been declared to secure the country, would the liberals who criticize the government for not placing that security as top priority, have claimed that we were just replacing one dictatorship with an American-based one? As someone who opposed the war from the outset, I'm not sure how I would've reacted to that. As a student of history, I think I'd have assumed that martial law was part and parcel of invasion.
Here's Packer on Kerik: "Instead, Kerik spent his time in Baghdad going on raids with South African mercenaries while his house in New Jersey underwent renovation. He went home after just three months, leaving almost nothing behind, while the Lt. Colonel spent almost a year in Kirkuk."
Failure of U.S. to safeguard Iraq, as its occupier, is, I think, a war crime.
Loyalty above competence... step in line or step out. It's like something from a third world country.
So, if he couldn't vet the Iraqi applicants, why, iirc, did he declare mission accomplished when he returned to the U.S.?
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