Bush Defends Rumsfeld / Franks tactics

In the Washington post Bush defends his Iraq Tactics. I deliberately choose not to use the word Strategy as that implies a long term view.

President Bush today said mistakes were made in planning for the Iraq invasion, but he defended the troop level he ordered in the initial strike, saying he would have committed the same number if given a second chance.

Recalling his pre-war conversations with Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the invasion and is now retired, Bush told a business group in Irvine, Calif.: "The level that he suggested was the troop level necessary to do the job, and I support it strongly.

Bush's comments come as some retired generals have called in recent days for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, saying he bungled the planning of the war and the execution of its aftermath.

I guess it depends what your aims were George. I doubt you wanted to create the near civil war now in place, but if you were trying to keep your buddies in the defence industry & at Halliburton happy I guess it's job done. But you can't run a country with weapons, only blow it up.