Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Making Progress...
or not. So it's been over a year since the election of 2004. You remember the election of 2004, when BushCo. made all those claims for how the Iraqi Army was fast becoming a viable force? Well, it seems that despite billions of dollars, George Bush and his cronies working hard, and a lot of spilt blood the Iraqi Army is pretty much where it was a year ago. Reuters.com reports,
or not. So it's been over a year since the election of 2004. You remember the election of 2004, when BushCo. made all those claims for how the Iraqi Army was fast becoming a viable force? Well, it seems that despite billions of dollars, George Bush and his cronies working hard, and a lot of spilt blood the Iraqi Army is pretty much where it was a year ago. Reuters.com reports,
Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there still is just one battalion able to operate independently, and 60 capable of taking the lead in operations, with support of U.S. forces.So it seems the Iraqi Army is just like everything George Bush and his merry little band gets involved with, nothing more than a PR pipe dream. Of course, when Congress was voting all that money for Iraqi reconstruction and training, the President resisted any kind of oversight, saying it would hinder operations. What he really meant is he didn't want the magnitude of his incompetence to be evident until he "won" re-election.