Editing Werwolf (section)

===Comparison to Second Iraq War===
The [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|Iraqi insurgency]] was initially compared to the history of Werwolf by the [[George W. Bush Administration|Bush Administration]] and other [[Iraq War]] supporters.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=513
|title=DefenseLink Speech: Veterans of Foreign Wars
|access-date=2008-08-12
|date=2006-07-19
|author=Rumsfeld, Donald H
|work=Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defence
|publisher=US Department of Defence
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/08/20030825-1.html
|title=National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Remarks to Veterans of Foreign Wars
|author=Rice, Condoleezza
|work=Office of the Press Secretary
|publisher=White House
|access-date=2008-08-12
|date=2003-08-25
}}</ref> In speeches given on 25 August 2003 to the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]] by [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] and [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] parallels were drawn between the resistance faced by the [[Multi-National Force – Iraq]]'s [[Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)|occupation forces in Iraq]] to that encountered by [[Allied-occupied Germany|occupation forces in post-World War II Germany]], asserting that the Iraqi insurgency would ultimately prove to be as futile in realizing its objectives as had the Werwolfs.<ref name=carafano>{{cite web | last = Carafano | first = James | title = A Phony 'Phony History' | publisher = Heritage Foundation | date = September 23, 2003 | url = http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed092303d.cfm | access-date = 2008-07-08 | archive-date = 2009-03-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090314021134/http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed092303d.cfm | url-status = unfit }}</ref>

Former Clinton-era [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] staffer [[Daniel Benjamin]] published a riposte in ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' magazine on 29 August 2003, entitled "Condi's Phony History: Sorry, Dr. Rice, postwar Germany was nothing like Iraq"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://slate.com/id/2087768/
|access-date=2008-08-12
|title=Condi Rice's phony history
|first=Daniel
|last=Benjamin
|work=Slate Magazine
|date=2003-08-29
}}</ref> in which he took Rice and Rumsfeld to task for mentioning Werwolf, writing that the reality of postwar Germany bore no resemblance to the occupation of Iraq, and made reference to [[Antony Beevor]]'s ''[[Berlin: The Downfall 1945]]'' and the US Army's official history, ''The U.S. Army in the Occupation of Germany 1944–1946'',<ref>[[Earl F. Ziemke]] (1990). "[http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Occ-GY/index.htm Army Historical Series: The U.S. Army in the Occupation of Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223091005/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Occ-GY/index.htm |date=2017-02-23 }}," [[United States Army Center of Military History]], CMH Pub 30-6.</ref> where the Werwolf were only mentioned twice in passing.<ref name="Benjamin">{{cite magazine | last = Benjamin| first = Daniel | title = Condi's Phony History | magazine = Slate magazine | date = 2003-08-29 | url = http://www.slate.com/id/2087768/ | access-date = 2008-07-08}}</ref> This did not prevent his political opponents from disagreeing with him, using Biddiscombe's book as a source.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marek |first=Ed |title=The occupation of Germany, the occupation of Iraq, many parallels |publisher=Talking Proud! |date=September 1, 2003 |url=http://www.talkingproud.us/International090103.html |access-date=2008-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928035451/http://www.talkingproud.us/International090103.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>