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Champ to send 400 additional advisors to Iraq
[The Hill] The Obama administration is planning to send about 400 additional trainers to Iraq to train Iraqi forces against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to the New York Times.
| As with the British training contingent going to Iraq that we noted recently, it assumes that the problem is that the Iraqi troops just need more training. We've been doing that all along, and the result was that the Iraqi army broke and ran when it confronted ISIS. The problem isn't training. The problem is that the average Iraqi isn't willing to fight for Iraq. The Shi'a militias that now confront ISIS are fighting for Shiastan, and the Kurds are fighting for Kurdistan, but none of them are fighting for Iraq. |
The decision comes after an embarrassing defeat of Iraqi forces at Ramadi last month to the terrorist group, prompting the administration to reconsider its training and equipping program for Iraqi forces.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Iraqi forces in Ramadi had lacked the "will to fight," and Sunni tribal fighters there had complained of not receiving any training or equipment from the central government.
Posted by: Besoeker 2015-06-10 |
