Again, a little more history
The reconstruction effort in Germany, seven months after the end of the war.
Would you have seen ANY of this kind of material from the mainstream media if the internet hadn't been digging it up?
The analogy that needs to be remembered is not that Germany = Iraq, although there are a lot of similarities in the problems involved. The analogy is that the uncertainty, problems, and fears were the same back then, as was the skepticism of many who predicted failure.