What the US has learned so far in Iraq

Listing the things done wrong in Iraq, one veteran US policymaker put it bluntly and stated that Pentagon leaders ignored analyses that indicated they needed more troops to keep order. The military was slow to develop a clear plan to counter the insurgency. Many are saying that this war was not worth what it has cost the country in resources and lives of American soldiers. The fact that the war was to provide safety and security for Iraqi people has also raised questions about whether or not it was smart to even enter the country at all. All of these topics resemble those that took place in Vietnam. The US was attempting to have a country maintain a democratic government. In Iraq, the US is basically attempting to build a democratic form of government. Had the US looked into the past and seen that it was a bad idea to go about doing this sort of thing again, the war in Iraq may have gone through more gracefully.