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2003-12-22 Iraq

Sunnis Flock to Volunteer for Iraqi Forces

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-22 12:24:37 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If there is an Iraqi security force then you had better get on the right side of it. You'll want positions of responsibilty and rank.

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-22 1:19:08 PM|| 2003-12-22 1:19:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is good news if they do it right by (as mentioned) coming down quick and hard on anyone who threatens a recruit or their families AND come down even harder (as in public execution) on anyone found to be disloyal to the security force or abuses their position like in the 'old days' of Saddam.

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-12-22 2:08:38 PM|| 2003-12-22 2:08:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Genghis Khan dealt with the problem of cementing a dubiously reliable tribal force by scrambling people around so everyone looking up/down command relationships saw nothing but strangers. It worked well. His example bears study.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-22 3:04:16 PM|| 2003-12-22 3:04:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Lord Beresford did the same, more or less, when rebuilding the Portuguese army in 1809. Alternate layers of command were occupied by Portuguese and British officers. The resulting Portuguese army was unexpectedly effective in the subsequent campaigns of the Napoleonic war.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-22 7:00:34 PM|| 2003-12-22 7:00:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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