The following pages helps to identify the circumstances that Soldiers in a time of crisis, find themselves in, especially when there is no clear-cut plan made by the United States. After all the deaths of U.S. Soldiers since the beginning of the war, isn't it time for the Government of the United States to formulate a plan instead of reacting to a situation. If there were plans in place before the United States went into Iraq. There would be less causalities and a more effective means of dealing with each crisis.

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