“Wayne White, the head of the State Department’s Iraqi intelligence team from 2003 to 2005, observed [in a Washington Post article on December 8, 2005]: ‘Progress [on reconstruction] is running far behind Iraqi expectations in virtually every area. In their view, most Iraqis are not seeing *amazing progress.* All too many of them live in constant danger, with less electricity in many areas than under Saddam Hussein.’ ”
– Larry Diamond, Squandered Victory, Page 341