...would not have invaded Iraq in the first place.

A competent administration would not have relied upon an utterly failed intelligence upon which to make a case for war.

A competent administration would have recognized that a country of over 22 million people would easily spawn a resistant insurgency.

A competent administration would have adequately planned for such an insurgency.

A competent administration would now level with the American people about the seriousness of the situation there now.

A competent administration would have figured out how to build a real international coalition to share the burden.

A competent administration would have a bonafide plan for relinquishing U.S. military involvement to a true international force of peacekeepers.