In Iraq alone, the administration misestimated the threat of WMD, failed to plan adequately for the occupation, and then proved unable to adjust quickly when things went wrong. To this day, it has dropped the ball on very straightforward operational issues in Iraq, such as funding democracy promotion efforts.
最后，布什政府对军力的运用不仅缺乏强制性的策略或规范，单就实力而言也明显不足。仅就伊拉克来讲，布什政府错误地估计了大规模杀伤性武器的力量，也未能制定充分的占领计划，而后又在情况发生时未能迅速地适应调节。迄今为止，美国已经在伊拉克所有简单问题，比如为民主宣传筹集资金上暂停了一切运作。