Ever heard of the "future of Iraq project?" Yet another group of knowlegable people ignored prior to invasion

Here's a reason to listen to Air America. You learn things you didn't know from our mainstream (not liberal media).

Have you heard of the "Future of Iraq Project"? Until today, I never had. But apparently this is another group who adviced pResident Bush on dealing with the impending war (IF he was going to go to war) and it's just another group of knowlegable people who Bush tuned out.

This George Washington Universtiy Website has the details straight from the New State Department website.

There's way too much info to post in here, but check out the whole site.

Let me tell you this is CREDIBLE sources. Most of the files are in pdf format.

Excerpt 1:

Washington, DC, September 1, 2006 - The National Security Archive is today posting State Department documents from 2002 tracing the inception of the "Future of Iraq Project," alongside the final, mammoth 13-volume study, previously obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. "The Future of Iraq Project" was one of the most comprehensive U.S. government planning efforts for raising that country out of the ashes of combat and establishing a functioning democracy. The new materials complement previous postings on the Archive's site relating to the United States' complex relationship with Iraq during the years leading up to the 2003 invasion.

Excerpt 2:

"The people of Iraq are being promised a new future and they will expect immediate results. The credibility of the new regime and the United States will depend on how quickly these promises are translated to reality."
- Working Group on Transparency and Anti-corruption

Excerpt 3:

The sample documents posted today were culled from 124 documents released in full and 77 with excisions from State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. These materials provide a behind-the-scenes look at the formation of 17 working groups consisting of "free" Iraqis and experts, 14 of which met throughout 2002 and early 2003 to plan for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq.

Its totally pathetic, and enrages me that there were so many good sources of information on Iraq, that were all ignored. "How could we have known" yeah RIGHT.  ITs totally obvious now, that they COULD have known the mess they were creating, had they only LISTENED, as is their duty as public servants. 
3000 soldier deaths, and hundreds of thousands of civilians dead later because of poor planning... due precisely to the issues that this group predicted.  Talk about a sense of karma....