RAND Corporation
James Dobbins
James Dobbins isDirector of the International Security and Defense Policy Center, NationalSecurity Research Division of the Rand Corporation. The followingstatement is from a June 13, 2007, hearing on U.S. Peacekeeping Operationsbefore the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on InternationalOrganizations, Human Rights, and Oversight. Anybody looking at the American occupation of Iraq for the first coupleof years could be forgiven for thinking that this was the first time we hadever done something of this sort. It was one unanticipated challenge afteranother. It was one improvised response after another. In fact, as you know,this was not the first time….
