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2007-06-24 Iraq

General: Iraq forces 'not up to the job'

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Posted by Glenmore 2007-06-24 16:30|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Glenmore...that actually may be W's strategy. Hand it to the donks, like the donks handed Vietnam to Nixon. The American public, G*d bless them, is woefully ignorant and has the memory of Alzheimer patient.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-06-24 17:31|| 2007-06-24 17:31|| Front Page Top

#2 I neglected to highlight 'Sen. Reid's' comment: it was clearly (I hope) not part of the news article.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-24 17:48|| 2007-06-24 17:48|| Front Page Top

#3 close enough, though....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-06-24 17:55|| 2007-06-24 17:55|| Front Page Top

#4 If you think about it, of course the IA and police up in Diyala are not up to snuff. If they were, could the situation now there have developed?

It was the same way before the US showed up elsewhere, and had hands on training and evaluation with the IA and police.

Right now, no doubt, we are critiquing those forces, cleaning them up, retraining them, fortifying them, all with the idea of their not cleaning up Diyala, but in their keeping it clean once we move out of the area, a much easier job.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-24 18:21|| 2007-06-24 18:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Between 60 and 100 suspected al-Qaida fighters and one U.S. soldier

Was it a for sure US soldier or a suspected US soldier?

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-24 20:46|| 2007-06-24 20:46|| Front Page Top

#6 So how were the Koreans or Vietnamese doing 3 to 4 years into the fight? Compared to what? Facts not colorful tales.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-06-24 21:25|| 2007-06-24 21:25|| Front Page Top

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