AN UNCLASSIFIED

Rand report for the U.S. Army describes the poor judgment and professional mediocrity behind America's botched war in Iraq.  The report was produced in 2005, but the powers that be have keep the report from public eyes -- and the thing still isn't being released to you and I, but merely "leaked" to a reporter.  Franks, Rice, Rumsfeld, Powell, the President, each and every one of them performed unsatisfactorily in the face of the Iraqi challenge.  You come away believing the President was poorly served, but not strong enough or intelligent enough to know it or do anything about it.  There is no MacArthur here, no Truman, no Eisenhower, no Marshall, no FDR.  A sad chapter that didn't have to be.