Administration didn't plan for post-war Iraq

On the same day the Senate released a report confirming that Saddam Hussein never had ties with al-Qaida, we also learned that Donald Rumsfeld refused to consider planning for post-war Iraq. According to Brigadier General Mark Scheid, the secretary of defense actually threatened to fire anyone who discussed post-war plans. Our poor troops never had a chance. How can the president continue to go on television and continue to draw illusory links between al-Qaida and Iraq? Will he never be held accountable for his actions and words? More than ever, I am proud of my representatives in Congress: New Jersey's Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, and Rep. Rush Holt. These intelligent, courageous men opposed Bush's war from the start, and continue to call for an end to our mistaken involvement in Iraq. If the rest of our country had such wise leadership, we could have avoided the unnecessary disaster that Iraq has become. Eddie Konczal, Monroe Twp - Published in the Daily Journal, September 19, 2006