Bremer: we have the beginnings of a plan to defeat the insurgency

[Cocoa]

and it's only a year after the last throes of the insurgency!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,206276,00.html

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HUME: If you have one regret about the way it was run at the time, major regret, what would it be?

BREMER: I think my major mistake in many ways was not this question of troop strength, which has sort of dominated the debate. I think the real problem was that we didn't have a military strategy to defeat the insurgency, and that is what's essential in Iraq now, because the insurgency...

HUME: Do you have it now?

BREMER: I think we've got the beginning of it with this idea of taking control of Baghdad, because the Shia militia, who are conducting most of these attacks we've seen, are reacting to the fact that the government and the coalition have not provided security against the insurgency.

These two things feed on each other. We now need to have a plan, and we have to stay there until it's executed, to defeat that insurgency.

HUME: Ambassador Bremer, pleasure to have you.

BREMER: Nice to be back with you.

HUME: Thanks for coming in.

[Javaman]

1. Paul, boots and suit,bremer is a colossal asshole..

One regret? How about when you cut loose all the police, civil servants and the MILITARY during your de-bathification of Iraq? this single fuck up put us right where we are today.

What a total freedom medal winning failure. That man is the perfect example of a chimp lackey. fuck him.

[Lindacooks]

2. BEGINNINGS? After more than THREE YEARS???

What the eff is WRONG with these people?

'We now need to have a plan' - what the hell have you been DOING for three years, besides killing people and destroying the country?

My God.

[shadowknows69]

3. That's consistent witho how quick this administration moves

on urgent matters. Doesn anyone really need me to make a list?

[long_green]

4. That first response of his is staggering

we didn't have a strategy? Bremer should have been frog-marched out of wherever it was he was speaking from just for saying that.

[Hosnon]

5. Man I love going to war without a strategy! nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Kinda... you know. It's more aspirational than operational, really. n/t