No, they really didn’t have a plan. They had a series of steps that in no-way formulated a comprehensive plan.

Sometimes, but not always. I can hunt down examples in those publications if you want, but it seems like an exercise in futility.

Correct.

Very true.

-“Everything that has happened in this country in the last 8-12 years is a result of short sightedness.”-

-”Of course we can win militarily, we dont have the stomach to do what is necessary afterwards, which should be a complete cultural and political change.”-

Ahmad Chalabi played a very small role in the CPA beyond figurehead status. Rather, the hope was that Mr. Bremmer would handle the actual day-to-day ruling of the country, thus freeing up Mr. Chalabi to wrangle poltical forces within Iraq to form a temporary Central Government, and launch elections.

I’m sorry you feel that way. Using honorific descriptors, like “Mr.” and “Ms.” are perfectly acceptable forms of showing respect towards an individual, or title/office they hold. In fact, “The Economist,” “Foreign Policy,” “The New York Times,” and “The New Yorker” magazine all commonly refer to President Obama as “Mr.…

-“nevermind the partisan bickering and hand-tying of the current congressional factions”-

-“After all, America’s military might can easily topple any third world government, the military part of the operation is not the challenging one; it is the political one that follows that is most perilous.”-

I think the PAK-FA program is running into issues due to a multitude of reasons.

Qaddafi would not have been overthrown without our military intervention. And, we didn’t “intervene” merely to let the situation play out by enforcing a “no-fly zone.” We actively deposed the regime via-direct military operations.

-”None of this goes to my point that the US played a relatively small role in the initial take-down of Libya.”-

-“So are you now insisting Obama should be involved in the Syrian civil war?”-

-”Obama picked up as little of NATO’s Euro-weenie slack as we could get by with in Libya, and all of that reluctantly.”-

-”Ohh yeah, because the constant sniping by neocons about how we needed boots on the ground had nothing to do with the eventual situation, either.”-

-”In Libya we supported a popular uprising.”-

-”How dare you, you lying POS.”-

Read up:

No, there’s no direct quote there. It’s “according to people that heard him.”