File this under 'D' for Duh!

Knight Ridder Report Reveals Poor Planning for Occupation of Iraq:

"The authors quote a veteran State Department officer who was directly involved in Iraq policy saying, 'We didn't go in with a plan. We went in with a theory.'

'We've finally got our act together, but we're all afraid it may be too late,' commented one senior official still engaged daily in Iraq policy.

The Bush administration's failure to plan to win the peace was the product of many of the same problems that plagued the administration's case for war, the KR report continues, 'including wishful thinking, bad information from Iraqi exiles who said Iraqis would welcome American troops as liberators and contempt for dissenting opinions. "

Couple this with my previous post reference to the Faith-based presidency article by Ron Suskind.