Comments on: Iraq Government Assumes Command of Military

By: Leaning Straight Up

Leaning Straight Up — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:51:30 +0000

Major milestone in Iraq goes virtually unnoticed as media engages in docudrama frenzy...

It’s truly ironic that a major landmark in Iraq is nearly forgotten as the media and blogosphere is so heavily focused on the ABC docudrama about 9/11 that only a few people notice.

I am sure they will catch up later. Meanwhile here ...

By: Leaning Straight Up

Leaning Straight Up — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:51:30 +0000

Major milestone in Iraq goes virtually unnoticed as media engages in docudrama frenzy...

It’s truly ironic that a major landmark in Iraq is nearly forgotten as the media and blogosphere is so heavily focused on the ABC docudrama about 9/11 that only a few people notice.

I am sure they will catch up later. Meanwhile here ...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:03:10 +0000

Cernig: A fair point, and one I've made before. We'll likely have loggies at the FOB's for the foreseeable future, even if our combat arms folks go home.

By: Cernig

Cernig — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:52:41 +0000

Hi James, You might want to add to your list of Iraqi military weaknesses. It is an army that relies on the US for armor, artillery, medical, logistic, airstrike and communications support. Without the US, it couldn't run operations above the company level, no matter what the PR says. The US has a de facto veto. The Navy has four boats and the Air Force doesn't own a plane with so much as a gun on it. The Iraqi military is still a paper-tiger, cannon fodder for internal security purposes only. As such, it is not an instrument of national sovereignty. There are NO plans to properly equip the Iraqi military as a national armed force should be. It's worth noting that the US military spokesman, Lt. Col "Baghdad Barrie" Johnson, gave at least three different excuses for the double-postponement of this ceremony, none of which gave the real reason, and that the Iraqis described the disagreement over the document as "it deals with the whole handover of sovereignty." Here's my previous post on the mystery of the postponed ceremony. Regards, Cernig

By: The Heretik » Blog Archive » Huzzah

The Heretik » Blog Archive » Huzzah — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:17:39 +0000

[...] But, but, but: “It’s not entirely clear that anything substantive has taken place here, Caldwell’s proclamations notwithstanding. Iraq’s government dubbed itself “sovereign” quite some time back without gaining much in the way of actual autonomy.” But the proclamations will continue, even if this one is a week late. [...]

By: madmatt

madmatt — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:45:35 +0000

Fine they have a government and their own army...why do we need to stay any longer?

By: » Gone Hollywood

» Gone Hollywood — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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By: The Newshoggers

The Newshoggers — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Division's commander, Brig. Gen. Othman al-Farhoud, told The Associated Press his forces still needed support from the U.S.-led coalition for things such as medical assistance, storage facilities and air support. However, even moderate Republican's are sceptical about just how much of a huge deal this actually is: It’s not entirely clear that anything substantive has taken place here, Caldwell’s proclamations notwithstanding. Iraq’s government dubbed itself “sovereign” quite some time back without