Postwar Window Closing in Iraq, Study Says (washingtonpost.com): "the report represents, in many respects, a critical assessment of the Bush administration's postwar plan.
It implicitly faults the administration for failing to adequately involve the international community and the United Nations in reconstruction activities. 'The scope of the challenges, the financial requirements, and rising anti-Americanism in parts of Iraq argue for a new coalition that includes countries and organizations beyond the original war fighting coalition,' the report says.
The report also notes that the administration, by vesting virtually all reconstruction authority in the Pentagon, chose a new model for postwar management that cut out many agencies more experienced in the field and relied on the Defense Department's 'relatively untested capacities.'"
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