Freedom Of Info Act Docs From 1999 Predicted Iraq Mess

[kpete]

AP: 1999 War Games Predicted Iraq Mess
War simulation in 1999 pointed out Iraq invasion problems
POSTED: 10:15 p.m. EST, November 4, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A series of secret U.S. war games in 1999 showed that an invasion and post-war administration of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, nearly three times the number there now.

And even then, the games showed, the country still had a chance of dissolving into chaos.

In the simulation, called Desert Crossing, 70 military, diplomatic and intelligence participants concluded the high troop levels would be needed to keep order, seal borders and take care of other security needs.

The documents came to light Saturday through a Freedom of Information Act request by George Washington University's National Security Archive, an independent research institute and library.

more at:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/04/war.games.ap/index.html

[Mr Rabble]

1. Thanks again kpete. This just never ends, does it?

[UTUSN]

2. Shrub-CHEENEE-Rums need a Nuremberg trial at Gitmo

They are incompetent war criminals. They tossed the HART-RUDMAN report. Here, this information would have been READILY AVAILABLE to them. They either buried it or just ignored it. They are CRIMINALS.

[Land Shark]

5. If they are incompetent war criminals, how many would competent criminals kill?

[JohnnyLib2]

3. Where was the good Dr. C. Rice when this one was buried?

I get confused, but she's somewhere in the mix.

[Land Shark]

4. She "never heard of war games of this nature before" probably