"Fundamental Idiocy"

From the Bunker:

It's an eerie feeling being back in the comfort of my apartment with watching the drizzle and fog obscure the Empire State Building, reading about the Red Cross bombing today in dusty Baghdad. We drove by the compound many times. Today's attacks are no surprise for anyone clued in on the street. The resistance is only heating up. The suicide car bombings are almost certainly the work of outside religious fanatics, possibly Al Qaeda but not necessarily. The rocket attack on the Al Rashid, which I predicted the day we left, was most likely orchestrated by Baathist ex-military men. Probably the most collosal blunder the U.S. made was sacking the entire Iraqi army right off the bat. There are now 400,000 out of work warriors who are being told in no uncertain terms they don't have a role in the New Iraq. And we wonder why they're taking up arms. But these are mere details. The central lesson I took away from my experience in the country is the fundamental idiocy of thinking an American army could occupy an Arab country for more than a couple of months without widespread resistance brewing. It is just not possible. No matter how many schools we build, sheiks we pay off, and telephones we switch on, we will be bringing home young Americans in bodybags for a long time to come.