Leon Panetta: “Iraq is a sovereign country that, in its own interest, would be expected to resist efforts by any of its neighbors to…”

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.

And ... we’re going to have to respond. And right now, because our missile systems and our supply of weapons being down, this is a vulnerable period for the United States.

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

Something, somebody, somewhere failed to do the proper planning for what had to take place in order to properly support our men and women in uniform.