“…a troubling internal report commissioned by the military and obtained by…correspondent Seymour Hersh [and covered in his May 24, 2004 article in The New Yorker], traced the insurgency to deep-seated political problems in Iraq. In particular, it blamed the dysfunctional occupation authority set up by the Bush Administration. …The report made clear that the military’s failure to quell the insurgency had more to do with misunderstanding the political dynamics than being too soft on the Iraqis.”
– Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 240