Shock and Awe Is Not Enough: Defeating America's Enemies Requires Interagency Effort Led from the Top

Coalition political objectives in Iraq have proven elusive, despite the quick initial military success Announcing the commencement of hostilities, President George W. Bush said the mission was clear to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Husseins support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people White House Press Release, March 2003 Forty days later, however, even as he declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq beneath the Mission Accomplished banner on the deck of the United States Ship USS Abraham Lincoln, the President explained much more remained to be done.