NBC’s Meet the Press held a panel discussion with retired generals on August 28, 2005. General Wayne Downing said: ” ‘We wasted the first twelve months in Iraq, because we didn’t plan for postwar hostilities.’ “ [Editor’s note: the author incorrectly identified the date of the Meet the Press appearance as April 28, 2005.]
– Ricardo S. Sanchez with Donald T. Phillips, Wiser in Battle, Page 430