Today in Iraq: Denial, arrogance led U.S. into Iraq trap

Today's USA Today reports how a dangerous mix of unrealistic plans, a permanent commitment to a failed stay-the-course strategy, and misleading the public led to the Bush Administration's bungling of the war in Iraq, according to startling revelations from Bob Woodward's book "State of Denial." Democrats believe we need a new direction in Iraq that is tough and smart.

Denial, arrogance led U.S. into Iraq trap
New book details White House bungling as insurgency grew.
USA Today
October 4, 2006

"If there's a lesson from Bob Woodward's latest book, State of Denial, it's that the calamity that has unfolded over the past three years in Iraq was born of a ruinous mix of arrogance and naiveté from President Bush and his key deputies. Convinced that the war would be a walkover, they simply closed their ears to the many voices who warned of the impending dangers.

"Although others have detailed the Bush administration's incompetence and head-in-the-sand attitude as the Iraqi insurgency took root, State of Denial provides fresh details about the myriad ways administration officials, particularly Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, bungled the Iraq war..."

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