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What if Rumsfeld was not made Secretary of Defense and Colin Powell was kept in the spot? Rumsfeld made major changes to the Iraq invasion plan and had no military experience, something which deeply worried fire-eaters like General van Riper, who was highly critical of the war plan prior to the invasion in 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_K._Van_Riper

Originally Powell, who planned for another invasion while still in the military, called for 450,000 soldiers to occupy Iraq until a new government, army, and police force could be set up to maintain order. What if this plan was stuck to and Colin Powell was calling the shots as Secretary of Defense?

This would prevent the post invasion chaos and looting, not to mention many caches of arms falling into the hands of militants. It prevents the rise of militias and retards or prevents the penetration of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard into the Shiite areas of Iraq.
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