Winning the Peace in Iraq

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

It seems from all I've seen that the Coalition was terribly unprepared for the speed at which Iraq has been taken. Yes, we know there's still work in the Tikrit area, but the fact is, everywhere else in this country is for all intents and purposes 'pacified', and the Iraqi people are hungry, thirsty and living in the dark. There is little radio or television communication with the masses. Lawlessness and its attendant prospective violence lurk everywhere within the urban communities.

It would seem to me that it is critical to address these shortfalls ASAP. How? Who? Where? The longer this goes on the more pissed off people over there are going to get, and the less cooperative.

We HAVE to set an example here for the rest of the Arab world; how? Is anyone in the chain of command REALLY watching these reports, or are they all still concentrating on prosecuting the war? Are the reports themselves exaggerated? I think not, but let the Forum speak.