Today the US Army released a 720 pages official report based on interviews with more than 200 senior Army officers involved in the invasion of Iraq. The main conclusion,  in the Army's report, says its senior leaders failed to properly plan for the aftermath of the 2003 invasion.

It is an honest attempt to expose the mistakes that were made. Retired General Scales says the report is very candid and calls it a " chronicle of  failure".

One of the great scandals of the last eight years is how successful the Bush Administration has been at avoiding appropriate accountability and oversight. Whatever else one thinks of Don Rumsfeld, he at least (appropriately) offered to resign -- twice -- after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke. The president, of course, declined to accept, but such displays of honor and acceptance of responsibility have been rare during this presidency.