Bloomberg.com: Bremer Says U.S. Never Had Enough Troops in Iraq, AP Reports

"The U.S. ``never had enough troops on the ground,'' Bremer told a conference of insurance professionals in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, yesterday, AP said. This led to ``horrid'' looting and ``established an atmosphere of lawlessness,'' AP quoted Bremer as saying.

U.S. President George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have said that the U.S. had enough troops in Iraq, the news agency reported. "

If you remember the pre-occupation news conference held by a military spokesman, now pushed aside, who estimated that it would require 500,000 military personnel to occupy Iraq. His vision was criticized as "wildly exaggerated" by Rumsfeld and his ilk who prefer to ignore reality. Bremer has come back with a new reality-check, just in time for the elections.