Comments on: The Iraqi Army: A Year of Progress

By: Bill Quick

Bill Quick — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:22:29 +0000

I think the bigger question is whether this Iraqi army will be capable of preventing Iraq from becoming a vassal state of Iran.

By: legion

legion — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:38:07 +0000

Ah Triumph, you're missing the brilliance of Bush's new plan - In the vein of "set a thief to catch a thief", Bush is now empowering the militias to police themselves!

And with the completely-successful record of allowing US corporations to police themselves without undue gov't interference, this will also stimulate the Iraqi economy! He is truly the Winston Churchill of our times.

Or not.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:27:38 +0000

Having the Iraqis in charge of security is, obviously, our goal. Unless they actually manage to clamp down on armed militias running around killing and terrorizing people, though, I’m not sure that this is a meaningful metric.

You are making a false distinction here. The "Iraqis in charge of security" ARE THE SAME AS "armed militias."

They are not going to "clamp down" on themselves!