Looking to the future...

Looking to the future...
August/September 2003

In response to criticism of their handling of Iraq, The Los Angeles Times reports, "... Pentagon officials said ... they are studying the lessons of Iraq closely -- to ensure that the next U.S. takeover of a foreign country goes more smoothly.

"We're going to get better over time," promised Lawrence Di Rita, a special assistant to [Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld. "We've always thought of post-hostilities as a phase" distinct from combat, he said. "The future of war is that these things are going to be much more of a continuum....

"This is the future for the world we're in at the moment," he said. "We'll get better as we do it more often."

Los Angeles Times, July 18. Full article at: http://www.latimes.com/la-na-postwar18jul18,1,7312078.story