"Worries about just such scenarios are part of the reason why GB1 did not support the popular uprisings after GW1. He wanted the Iragi military to overthrow Saddam while maintaining law and order."

And this is what makes the negelct in contingency planning for the civil unrest scenario inexcusable. We KNEW there would be lawlessness. We knew the toughest part would be "winning the peace" and we didn't prepare for the openning stages of it. I agree our military planners will not likely make this mistake again, but that doesn't change the fundamental fact that in this situation we dropped the ball.