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Originally posted by warch
France wants deals for its own weasels, they dont want to pay Halliburton. What a mess.
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from The Economist of 6 Sept 2003
A change of heart
And a big victory for Colin Powell and the generals over Donald Rumsfeld
As the White House tells it, there has been no U-turn. But this week, George Bush decided to ask the United Nations to approve the creation of a multinational force in Iraq. Although the move had been leaked beforehand, he decided to make the Dutch prime minister his spokesman.
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The generals [Rumsfeld] earlier bullied into line want more "boots on the ground" in Iraq - and they realise that to do this they need to get a new UN resolution. According to the Washington Post, Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Abizaid, the new head of the US Central Command, and Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, have all been secretly lobbying hard for internationalisation.
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In the meantime, who still thinks America can force democracy on Iraq? Some foolishly thought we would just kick Saddam out and install a democratic government. They were not listening to the generals who were predicting 200,000 troops for up to 5 years. Presently the US is seeking an exit strategy because none existed when we started this fiasco - a top management failure. And now Iraq is becoming a quagmire. How many more died today trying to force a democracy where the people don't want it.