Iraqi army the best in Latin America

"The Iraqi army, as far as capability goes, I'd stack them up against just about any Latin American army I've dealt with," Col. Ehrich Rose said. Link

db: Fantastic, the troops will be home for Christmas then:

A portrait of Latin American military institutions

First and foremost, these are not war-fighting forces, with several notable exceptions. Warplanes and helicopters are generally inoperable for lack of spare parts and maintenance. Radars hardly exist. Warships sit in harbor, elderly, unreliable, and lacking fuel. Armies are small and ill-equipped, with vintage trucks, nonfunctional armor, obsolete artillery. I have seen soldiers training in sandals, because the army could not afford shoe leather. In several countries the military is a part-time occupation: everyone, from top to bottom, leaves at noon to go off to his or her second job. Link