Monday, October 17, 2005
A trained Iraqi Army Is The Way To Go?
The administration has placed great store in the training of the Iraqi army. This article by Morton Halperin calls this investment a bad one. Halperin worries that we are doing exactly what we did in Vietnam: arming the enemy and providing sources for graft. He may have a point. Do we know what the desertion rate of the Iraqi army is?
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I don't know the latest desertion figues, Al, but I remember it was quite high about twelve months ago. Another cause for concern is the infiltration rate of insurgents into the Iraqi police force and military. Again, no figures of course, but estimates for the police are very high.
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