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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:00 AM Original message |
The ONE thing that sticks out in my mind about training an Iraqi army |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Biggest puzzle: the Iraqi Army that might have been trained might also |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. "Training" the Iraqi Army is like HAVA or NCLB. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Excellent point |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Do/did they have a choice? nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. There was always a choice |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. We don't know that, or know what's really going on over in Iraq. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I don't blame them a bit |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. NOLA should adopt Baghdad as a sister city. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Exactly. "Oh, those lazy Iraquis can't get their act together." |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. According to recent reports there are 114000 trained Iraqi Troops ready to go... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think some of them WERE trained out of country |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. Can I ask a stupid question? Why does the Iraqi army need US |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It could have something to do with the debathification |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. So, we're supposed to believe that all those guys who were |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. It's Orwellian |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You've nailed something very important, imho. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes. The question really is |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Judging by our new embassy, by design. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Exactly. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Oh, Georgie never intended to leave. Ever. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The really surprising thing isn't Iraq but how long we've managed |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Hawaii was unarmed. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Well, someone might have pointed out to Junior that |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. EXACTLY! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. What WAS "Desert Storm" all about if these guys can't march |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Always assume they're lying. You really can't go wrong that way. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. True. Saddam asks permission to go into Kuwait, he gets it |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
20. They can't deploy them against other Iraqis because |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. So the issue isn't training at all. And all this ranting about |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. The more I think about this, the more i think it should be sent |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
22. The idea that we had to "train" Iraqis is the first idiocy. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
30. the fascists have no desire whatsoever to end the chaos in Iraq |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I've always thought they are firestarters. n/t |
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