{"id":53893,"date":"2014-07-15T07:30:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T11:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=53893"},"modified":"2014-07-14T19:07:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T23:07:23","slug":"iraq-may-be-more-difficult-this-time-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=53893","title":{"rendered":"Iraq may be more difficult this time around"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times<\/a> reports that a classified Pentagon document catalogs the ways that going to Iraq this time is more dangerous than the other two times the US sent troops went to Iraq. Apparently it’s like walking into a 360 degree ambush;<\/p>\n

Adding to the administration\u2019s dilemma is the assessment\u2019s conclusion that Iraqi forces loyal to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki are now heavily dependent on Shiite militias \u2014 many of which were trained in Iran \u2014 as well as on advisers from Iran\u2019s paramilitary Quds Force.
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Shiite militias fought American troops after the United States invaded Iraq and might again present a danger to American advisers. But without an American-led effort to rebuild Iraq\u2019s security forces, there may be no hope of reducing the Iraqi government\u2019s dependence on those Iranian-backed militias, officials caution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Something the Times didn’t mention, those Shi’ites are basically the same guys who were holed up in Sadr City and caused a lot of US casualties during our last adventures there. Sadr City was named after Muqtada al-Sadr who just last week said<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“Let the whole world hear that we reject America. No, no to the occupier,” al-Sadr said during his 35-minute speech in Najaf, a Shiite holy city about 100 miles south of Baghdad. “We don\u2019t kill Iraqis \u2014 our hands do not kill Iraqis. But we target only the occupier with all the means of resistance.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Times again;<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must not only commit the right number of advisers, but they must go to the right places \u2014 in the field with Iraqi security forces,\u201d said Michael D. Barbero, a retired lieutenant general who was in charge of training the Iraqi forces from 2009 to 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe advisory mission has inherent risks, but they can be mitigated,\u201d he added. \u201cYou can put security with them. You can be selective about where you put the advisers. We can apply the lessons learned from dealing with the insider threat in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like I said, a 360-degree ambush situation.<\/p>\n

Thanks to SGT(P) E for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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