Hot off the presses. Jason Vest's scoop on an internal CPA memo outlining how US actions portend massive failure in Iraq. Tolerating massive corruption and cronyism, handpicking people for the Iraqi Governing Council and leaving some groups unrepresented (such as the Kut loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr -- heard of him?), virtually meaningless border control enabling among other things, Iranian infiltration of the country, the CPA press operation led by Dan Senor consistently focused on winning Bush's reelection and creating images of American leaders announcing decisions made in Iraq to beam back into American living rooms, versus of Iraqis making decisions to beam into Iraqi living rooms, are just some of them.

Here's the link to the redacted memo the story references.

Posted by Laura at April 20, 2004 10:16 AM