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| Sharing Democracy With the Egyptian Military |
| 2011-02-02 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Between all this officer training, and the annual Bright Star exercises since 1981, that have also brought a lot of NATO personnel to Egypt as well, the Egyptian officers corps has had a lot of exposure to the better way of doing business. However, and even more intensively, the training the US conducted with the Iraqi military is the real question. That was by far much more extensive and intensive, and permeates its entire structure. And that raises the idea of what if the military is better than the society? The Turkish military took charge of its government several times, but didn't change its society beyond what Ataturk envisioned. But the Iraqi military may feel the need to recreate its society to modern and western standards. That won't be revolutionary, but evolutionary. I would think that the Iraqi military would take over the nation's educational system, to raise the next generations to its standards. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-02-02 10:24 |