Joe Gandelman over at Dean's World linked back to my post on post-liberation Italy. In the comments, Arnold Harris compares Iraq to Greece, which is interesting and I recommend you take a look.
One reason why Italy is an interesting parallel is Mussolini, whose name never came up in the Collier's article. Kerry said
Bush made Saddam the priority. I would have made Osama the priority." Imagine if someone said "Roosevelt made Mussolini the priority. I would have made Hitler the priority." In hindsight, it is just nonsense.