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2015-01-07 Iraq

Iraq Army Being Rebuilt to Address Weaknesses Says Defense Minister

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iraq

#1 Things you resisted for years under Maliki, like stopping cronyism, dumping the "Shia First Shit On Sunni" attitudes, the corruption where people dropped half their check on their commander so they didn't have to show up, the whole "I have an uncle/broither/cousin..." way of doing logistics, the ensha'allah maintenence, a professional NCO corps instead of pile of butlers and go-fers...

This list goes on and on.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-01-07 00:14|| 2015-01-07 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 The weakness is cultural. The Kurds could overcome it. Those down river probably can't.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-07 07:55|| 2015-01-07 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Proc2K - thats why I loved working with and for the Kurds. They "get it". True warriors - and live-and-let-live as a people once you are accepted.

Sucks we are probably selling them out to the Turks and Iranians thanks to Iranian ValJar and her meat puppet Obama.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-01-07 10:59|| 2015-01-07 10:59|| Front Page Top

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