When will politicians realise that they train forces of other countries at their peril.
Back in the 30′s the British navy trained and help build the Japanese navy. The CIA trained and built up the forces of al Qaeda and the Taliban. I wonder if the training of the Iraq armed forces will have the same successful outcome as did these other examples of stupidity?
Why would a country spend all that time and money and young lives to defeat the armed forces of another country only to then build up the forces of the defeated country? Only a politician could see the reasoning behind such a farce. If they really had the interests of the Iraqis at heart they firstly wouldn’t have attacked them and now they have done the dirty deed they should spend their money trying to reestablish the infrastructure of Iraq. The Iraqis are probably fed up with the fighting and killing and would rather have an honest and just system of law and law enforcement which doesn’t mean having armed troops running around shooting and kicking in doors etc.
It’s about time that the world admitted that Iraq is in civil war and the only people that can settle that is the Iraqis themselves and it will most likely follow the pattern of other civil wars and involve a lot of blood letting and suffering before the leaders come to their senses. The presence of foreign troops would be like a red rag to a bull and they will always be to blame for the trouble and will accomplish nothing.