Fiasco

Check out this Fresh Air interview with Thomas Ricks, senior Pentagon correspondent for The Washington Post, and a Pulitzer prize winner. Ricks lays out the case for why the US occupation of Iraq has gone awry. He estimates the probability of success (Iraq as a stable, pro-Western democracy), at a mere 5%. His new book should be required reading for every military planner and policy analyst. I can't wait to get a copy from our local library.