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Bush & Co. Even Brushed Aside CENTCOM's Warnings About Iraq

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In 1999, the US Central Command, then led by General Anthony Zinni, conducted a series of war games called "Desert Crossing." It concluded that, even with 400,000 troops, an invasion of Iraq might have resulted in a failed state. When the US attack was imminent, a now-retired Zinni called CENTCOM and said, "You need to dust off 'Desert Crossing'."
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