Ya know, I've never actually set off a claymore mine on humans, but I can give you a professional opinion on what the outcome will be. That is not speculation.

Since WWI military generals have been trained extensively on occupying and rebuilding nations. They've seen anecdotal evidence from Germany, Japan, and Korea.

The bottomline is that Rumsfeld & Co were warned, but they didn't listen.

"Looking back and assigning blame serves what purpose?" It educates the public to make informed decisions at the voting booth. And that is not partisan politics, that's democracy.