HI DAn,

On Sun 2037-Jun-28 11:42, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:

-> On 25 Jun 09  09:48:45, Richard Webb got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Woodward's state of denial was lost messages

 DC> Yeah, there is a strange mix of caps and smalls!  

 RW> YEp, and it only got worse.  My perception is much as yours
 RW> from reading it.

DC> One of the biggest mistakes was letting, actually forcing, the
DC> entire  Iraqi army dissipate.  As one of the more astute people, who
DC> was  villified for it, stated:  "We just created 400,000 new
DC> enemies."   
YEp, they dwelt on that a bit too.  I couldn't find much to
disagree with Woodwrd on.
DC> Virtually  every school teacher was fired.  As it was, enrollment of
DC> teachers in  the Baathist Party was required by Saddam.  Further,
DC> the middle mamagers  that ran the country were in a similar
DC> position.  


OF course, SAddam wouldn't have it any other way.  RUmsfeld
et al didn't care that much so long as they got the oil.

Regards,
           Richard
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