Those Who Do Not Know The Past

...are doomed to repeat it.

Over here we have a bunch of recently declassified documents that the US government created in the analysis of what could happen in Iraq after dismantling Saddam Hussein's government. Unsurprisingly, it more or less says the country will collapse into civil war - much like it did following WWI and the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire.

Notably, BushCo ignored all this study done on their behalf and went ahead with an ill-planned war. The world is seeing the price of that now.

I'm not sure which is more apalling - the war itself, or the fact that BushCo were warned of the consequences and they chose to ignore them. I hate to think what Iran will look like in a few years' time at the current rate.

[Update 16/03/06]:

Just to put things into perspective, Chimpanzee-in-Chief is defending his "pre-emptive war" policy.

Not only does he not understand basic history, he can't even learn from his own mistakes. Jeepers - a goldfish does better than that!