Iraqi troops: Reality check from a former Marine
americanprogress.org: A Reality Check from Iraq
Jonathan Morgenstein was a Marine Corps civil affairs officer in Ramadi, Iraq, and received a master's degree in international policy from Stanford University. [- this man is dangerous]
Iraqi troops will not be able to provide security for a long time, despite President Bush's assertions. President Bush has argued that the Iraqi Security Forces will soon be capable of providing security for Iraq. However, his assertion that "Iraq has more than 160,000 security forces trained and equipped for a variety of missions," is misleading. President Bush's 160,000 includes Iraqi forces that: 1. have no uniforms or weapons; 2. don't show up for work regularly; 3 have no more than three weeks of training; and 4. are actually working for or with the insurgents. Read more
db: If the undeclared aim is to retain a large 'security' footprint in Iraq for at least the next decade then by all accounts we are winning.
Jonathan Morgenstein was a Marine Corps civil affairs officer in Ramadi, Iraq, and received a master's degree in international policy from Stanford University. [- this man is dangerous]
Iraqi troops will not be able to provide security for a long time, despite President Bush's assertions. President Bush has argued that the Iraqi Security Forces will soon be capable of providing security for Iraq. However, his assertion that "Iraq has more than 160,000 security forces trained and equipped for a variety of missions," is misleading. President Bush's 160,000 includes Iraqi forces that: 1. have no uniforms or weapons; 2. don't show up for work regularly; 3 have no more than three weeks of training; and 4. are actually working for or with the insurgents. Read more
db: If the undeclared aim is to retain a large 'security' footprint in Iraq for at least the next decade then by all accounts we are winning.
posted by exoplanet at 1:43 PM
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