The occupation isn't prodeeding as planned not because the mis-placed idealism of CPA drones or the 'idealism' of young company-grade officers. The occupation of Iraq isn't proceeding as planned because the plan called for rose petals and fairies and lots of chocolate sprinkles. It was conceived in profound ignorance of the people of the country and their history; it was put into action by people for whom any appreciation for the consequences of their ivory tower pipe dreams is simply unthinkable: life must mirror their ideology, or why would they have devoted all their lives to that ideology? Packer's empathy is …
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