The Flexibility to be Flexible...

White House defends Iraq postwar planning: "'Some things we prepared for did not happen, like large numbers of refugees needing humanitarian assistance, and others we did not expect, such as large numbers of regime elements fleeing the battlefield only to return later,' said Almacy. 'Anytime you go to war you have to be flexible to adapt to the unexpected. That is why we gave our commanders the flexibility to do so.'"