DISASTER IN IRAQ

How to Lose a War - washingtonpost.com:

"It nevertheless seems clear that U.S. chances for success would have been far better than they are today were it not for the overwhelming and shocking incompetence with which the administration has managed the war. From the failure to produce a coherent postwar plan to the disastrous performance by the occupation authority that was belatedly installed, the Bush team turned a difficult mission into a near-impossible one. President Bush and his most senior aides meanwhile stubbornly refused to listen to advisers who warned of the consequences of their policies."

Also take a look at this month's Foreign Policy http://www.foreignpolicy.com/ for another view of the disaster from the perspective of Bremer.