Rep. Ellsworth: There are no judges, lawyers and prosecutors in Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.fwdailynews.com/articles/2007/04/19/features/columnists/brian_howey/doc4627763b5af03893368986.txt

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Then there was that American concept of rule of law. While the U.S. attempts to stand up a police force and Iraqi military, Ellsworth described a “three-legged stool” with two legs missing. There are no judges, lawyers and prosecutors in Iraq. There aren’t any jails.

“We are training the police and recruiting a lot of police,” Ellsworth said. “They were telling us there is not a judge in Iraq that will hear criminal cases. They’ve all either left the country, been killed or gone into hiding and have not re-emerged.”

The former Vanderburgh County sheriff explained, “Once someone is arrested, there are no jails or prisons. I don’t know how you overcome that.“

Then there is endemic corruption. “They (U.S. officials) said we basically have to work around that and work through it,” Ellsworth said.

[BeFree]

1. Chaos.

Iraq is messed up and too many Americans support that chaos. When it happens here we all go ape-shit, but as it happens there, day after day, too many Americans say to stay the course.

[maxsolomon]

2. we've lost - we need to admit it.

america won't fix iraq. it is hubris to think so. and it was prior to the invasion.

only iraq can fix iraq, and its going to be decades.

[Bandit]

3. Apparently there aren't any left here either only loyal Bushies*

:shrug: