As their readiness levels improve, Iraqi forces will be able to secure Iraq with proportionally reduced Coalition support. Such a transition remains constrained, however, by MoD and MoI leadership shortages at all operational and tactical levels, as well as deficiencies in logistics, combat support functions and combat enablers.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
NEW IRAQ QUARTERLY REPORT
The DoD has released the latest report for the months Dec07-Feb08 and although there are over 425,000 trained Iraqi security forces of all categories, there is still a LOT of work to be done. From page 32 of the report:
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/world/middleeast/12iraq.html?ex=1362974400&en=6a4eba91646b7600&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
BAGHDAD — Newly declassified statistics on the frequency of insurgent attacks in Iraq suggest that after major security gains last fall in the wake of an American troop increase, the conflict has drifted into a stalemate, with levels of violence remaining stubbornly constant from November 2007 through early 2008.
Strata today,lost in a fog, re the NYT piece:
"The NY Times tries to spin our successes in quelling the violence in Iraq as a ’stalemate’! Yeah, a stalemate of massive progress...
The current “stalemate” shows a level of violence consistent when Iraqis where (sic)voting in their new constitution and government"
First off, AJ, most Iraqis have long since lost faith in the slates of ethnic groupings
they "elected" because of their
inability to govern-,to reconcile and to bring stability to the country. More importantly, restoring the level of violence to 2007 levels is only going from horrible to terrible. Look at it this way-you get a midterm exam grade of 20 when 65 is the cutoff line to flunk. Final exam you get a 30. You still flunk although you improved by 33%. OUT NOW!
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