Chaos in Iraq: The Constitution Edition
US officials fear that Iraq will descend into civil chaos if the draft resolution of the Iraqi constitution does not pass in the upcoming election. Coupled with the already-in-action ramp up of impassioned violence and attacks in Iraq in the next 75 days, the sitution looks tenuous.
But when you add to that Gen. Meyers' [freshly retired. Good luck with your new life, old man!] assertion that the US has successfully trained 1 battalion of Iraqi forces for battle-ready service, and things look like an awfully depressed shithole over there. We won't be moving out of Iraq any time soon. After 2.5 years of active engagement with the Iraqi forces, we've only trained 1 battalion. 1 Battalion.
To keep your numbers straight, AntiCentoniacs:
So when the violence ramps up, becomes more impassioned; when the vote for the constitution recieves a less-than-wholly warm reception; when the Sunnis reassert their violent intentions against the Shiites, the Shiites and the Kurds begin to have their relationships corrode through regional power struggles, and Iraq, the country that we invaded by choice for inappropriate [and certainly wrong] reasons, descends into a true and terrible civil war...
What is our plan then, Mr. President?
But when you add to that Gen. Meyers' [freshly retired. Good luck with your new life, old man!] assertion that the US has successfully trained 1 battalion of Iraqi forces for battle-ready service, and things look like an awfully depressed shithole over there. We won't be moving out of Iraq any time soon. After 2.5 years of active engagement with the Iraqi forces, we've only trained 1 battalion. 1 Battalion.
To keep your numbers straight, AntiCentoniacs:
- Number of US Soldiers fighting the in the cesspool of Iraq : approx. 150,000
- Number of Soldiers needed to occupy/pacify the country post invasion : 300,000 or more
- Lenght of time US has been training soldiers in Iraq : 2.5 years
- Trained forces that are battle ready : 1 battallion
- Total soldiers in 1 battallion: less than 1000 individual soldiers.
So when the violence ramps up, becomes more impassioned; when the vote for the constitution recieves a less-than-wholly warm reception; when the Sunnis reassert their violent intentions against the Shiites, the Shiites and the Kurds begin to have their relationships corrode through regional power struggles, and Iraq, the country that we invaded by choice for inappropriate [and certainly wrong] reasons, descends into a true and terrible civil war...
What is our plan then, Mr. President?
posted by General Stan at 8:53 PM
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