US post-Iraq invasion policies 'incompetent': US diplomat ("incompetent, foolish, dubious")

[Kadie]

US post-Iraq invasion policies 'incompetent': US diplomat
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US policy in Iraq following the 2003 invasion was "incompetent, foolish, dubious," the new US coordinator for Iraq's economic development said Wednesday.

Ambassador Timothy Carney told NPR radio that the US policy to exclude Iraqis from governing the country in the two years following the invasion was "an enormous foolishness" which contributed to the deterioration of security and lengthened the conflict in the country.

"We don't need to go into detail on that, but I think words such as incompetent, foolish, dubious in all of its aspects are the most charitable way to look at that period," he said.

Carney went to Iraq shortly after the March 2003 invasion to manage the country's industry and minerals ministry, but quit after two months and became an outspoken critic of US occupation policy.

"The major failing of policy and operations in 2003 was the failure to invite Iraqis into our councils. We actually thought we could govern this country," he told NPR.

"It was enormously costly in terms of time, and consequently in terms of our and Iraqi blood and the blood of many of our allies."

"What an enormous foolishness that was."

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[thepurpose]

1. I hear this on NPR the man was putting this as nice as he could.

He was really struggling to contain himself.

[underpants]

2. Morning kick

I was going to post this myself.

[Supersedeas]

3. do not impugn Dr. Condi's integrity with facts, sir