Saturday, February 14, 2015

Maybe We Should Go Back To Painting Schools

All we have to do is keep training...
But at the same time, Iraqi commanders, soldiers and police officers who could play a central role in any offensive are raising doubts about the readiness of Iraq’s ground forces. The army has struggled to recapture even smaller towns that pose less of a challenge than Mosul — Iraq’s second-largest city, which is still full of civilians and heavily defended by the militants, they say.

Another 10 years should do the trick.