Barnett quotes:
ARTICLE: “The Civilian Shortage: Rebuilding Iraq has been hindered by federal agency turf wars and a tight purse,” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post National Weekly Edition, 5-11 March 2007, p. 9.
Great one that highlights the inability to get the civilian talent needed to make Iraq successful. Potentially steaming form the State Departments lack of interest in reinventing themselves for this (and future) conflict. Tie this back to Bush's choosing Paul Bremer to lead the Coalition Provisional Authority at the close of the ground war (this guy has no Middle East background, and in the Middle East, you have got to know the culture), who managed to make some decisions that a lot of folks wish could never have happened.
Additionally, I met the author around Jan 07, albeit briefly.
