In World War II, there were posters and even movies with the subtitle, “Why we fight.” In Iraq, this slide show from, of all places, the Washington Post, might qualify. The Iraqi Army is taking over more and more of the security burden and that is as it should be. This is the result.
I have previously posted my questions about why Jay Garner, the retired Army general who had done such a good job with the Kurds prior to the invasion of Iraq, was dismissed so quickly after being assigned the same job in post invasion Iraq. I still don’t know that story but I think it involves a State Department takeover of planning. Now we know that Viceroy Paul Bremer did not even consult Bush before he disbanded the Iraqi Army. That now seems to have been a major blunder. I’d still like to now what happened with Garner.