The big question in Iraq is whether its army will be able to stand in the face of their situation with the terrorists who plague the country and the fact that most of the US soldiers are gone. Many Iraqi and US officials feel that they won’t be able to survive but I believe that they will.
US officials who have dealt with the Iraqi government are critical of many phases of their operations. The army seems tobe pretty sound tactically but support aspects of their operations are lacking.
I think that the Iraqis will make it because they are not fighting a sustained slug it out war. They are fighting insurgents who live among them. The battles that they begin are normally only skirmishes which only last foe a short while. They bomb crowded areas and dissappear back into the crowds. Yes they have caused massive casualties with their bombings but I just can’t see them as a force which is viable enough to topple the Iraqi government. Our military ring customers did an awesome job while they were there, and there is a contingency of combat troops who remain to assist mainly as advisors, but for the most part the ball is in the hands of the Iraqis. It’s time for the little birdie to get kicked out of the nest and fly.
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