"What if we had went in with lighter forces (less strain on budget, manpower), disbanned the Bathist Army and police forces(avoiding tainting the new goverment with the sins of the old).
"What if we had went in with lighter forces (less strain on budget, manpower), disbanned the Bathist Army and police forces(avoiding tainting the new goverment with the sins of the old).
It might be "Could we have kept the Kurds as part of the Iraqi state?" or "How could we have prevented the break-up of Iraq?" or even (my personal belief "Would it have been better if we had captured bin-Laden & put him on trial rather than him getting killed in that cave?"
Maybe even "You know, I'm sorry to see 'ol GW leave office." (Unlikely to be sure but...)