Greenstock attacks lack of planning for war aftermath

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Ben Russell, Political Correspondent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/greenstock-attacks-lack-of-planning-for-war-aftermath-807008.html

Two of the pivotal figures in the invasion of Iraq have launched outspoken attacks on the "woeful" lack of planning for the aftermath of the war.

Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former British ambassador to the UN, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge, who commanded British forces in the assault on Iraq in 2003, attacked the White House for allowing Iraq to descend into chaos in the days after Saddam Hussein's regime was toppled.

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In a book published yesterday, Sir Jeremy condemned the United States for its "woefully inadequate planning and their bad mismatch of resources to tasks after the conflict was over".

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In a second withering attack on the US-led coalition, Sir Brian attacked the White House, saying that months of post-war planning in the US State Department "were consigned to the waste bin" before troops went into battle.