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May 21, 2006
U.S. Mismanages Iraqi Police Training
In another NY Times piece, the paper reports that the U.S. badly mismanaged the training of Iraqi police. This is news? We didn't know this? Or is it the specifics that is new and interesting? It is widely known that the U.S. had far too few troops and support personnel in Iraq to deal with the aftermath of the fall of Saddam. Cobra II, the excellent book by Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor describe in some detail how the Administration thought they could invade, conquer and leave without dealing with the aftermath. Granted they did not go into explicit detail about the police force, but they did explain the administration's tactics and strategy, which has been a disaster. Others have reiterated the same conclusion. (NYT)
Arrogance is such an "interesting" state of mind.
Posted by Chip Spear at May 21, 2006 10:22 AM