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2007-01-25 Iraq

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Posted by Thineng Chereger9146 2007-01-25 13:10|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whazis guy smokin', anyway? Don't he know it's a unwinnable quagmire?

Posted by Bobby 2007-01-25 14:49|| 2007-01-25 14:49|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't know how much of the new manual is informed by General Petraeus' two notable failures in Iraq: building a brittle edifice of government in Mosul that collapsed at the first challenging puff,

That's one way of looking at it. But when Petraeus left Mosul, his successors were unable to maintain the coalition. The Sunni tribal chiefs drifted away from the conference table, and without their cooperation the terrorists were able to regain a foothold. The transition was completed when we pulled troops out of Mosul to participate in Fallujah II and when the terrorists who escaped Fallujah regrouped in Mosul.

and the inadequate training and equipping of the Iraqi army due to corruption and mismanagement.

It's likely that the early attempts to train up an Iraqi army were doomed no matter who was in charge. It takes time for change to take hold.

Posted by KBK 2007-01-25 15:13|| 2007-01-25 15:13|| Front Page Top

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