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The Unexpected War "Bring 'em on" Before the war, Pentagon planners said additional troops for post-war Iraq were unnecessary, as Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz made clear in prewar congressional testimony.
By July, even as the average death rate averaged one U.S. soldier a day, President Bush concurred with the Pentagon's original assessment.
By September, the White House had to reverse the assessment, the U.S. could not go it alone, after all. Critics say U.S. planners should have anticipated the problems. |