From: "Phil Payne" 

> Caveat:  none of the newly-repentant neocons are claiming that the war
> was a mistake.  They're all saying the same thing: their  strategy to
> overthrow Saddam and replace him with a democratic Iraqi government
> friendly to western interests was brilliant, but was botched in the
> implementation phase.

> They simply can't accept the fact that overthrowing Saddam was a
> mistake.

Most amusing is the idea of finding a "strong man" to govern Iraq.

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