Quotation

Cobra II

the Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
The problem was not just one of numbers. The United States also lacked the right sort of troops for the postwar phase: it needed to have more civil affairs units, military police, and interpreters. The result was that Anbar Province became the seat of much of the resistance to the U.S. occupation and Fallujah became a metaphor for postcombat failure in Iraq.