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2004-09-27 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Zenster 2004-09-27 12:56:49 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Al Beeb: But they are poorly trained, poorly equipped and some do not even have proper uniforms.

Not real different from the guerrillas they face. As to uniforms, this is the kind of thing only a "defense analyst" from al Beeb could come up with. The Continental Army fought the Revolutionary War without much in the way of uniforms either. Heck - the guerrillas have stashes of the old Iraqi army uniforms. What the heck do uniforms have to do with combat effectiveness? These aren't parade ground troops, for goodness sake. Al Beeb's ignorance, intellectual arrogance, stupidity and sheer laziness shines through again.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-27 9:55:36 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-27 9:55:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 And you'd think the Brits, after the tussle with the Boers, would know that uniforms mean nothing.

Posted by Dreadnought 2004-09-27 11:12:53 AM|| 2004-09-27 11:12:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 saw something interesting. the grunts among the friendlies may be as good as among the hostiles, but the NCO's and officers are weaker. Reason - most of the old Iraqi army officers and many of the NCO's went with the insurgents. We're training up privates real fast, but it takes more time to build up leadership.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-09-27 11:14:58 AM|| 2004-09-27 11:14:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 this is good - cause they will make this guy talk and I'm sure he has lots to tell us.

Posted by 2B 2004-09-27 11:17:21 AM|| 2004-09-27 11:17:21 AM|| Front Page Top

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