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| Iraq |
| Iraqi army success in Sadr City, per NYT |
| 2008-05-21 |
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| Posted by:liberalhawk |
| #10 Is this army ready to go to Tehran? Answer Part One: Not likely Answer Part Two: Why do something that stupid? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-05-21 20:52 |
| #9 Nah, they left themselves plenty of caveats. Heck, according to the NYT, Elliot Ness made some strides with gang warfare in Chicago, but no one knows how long it will take for Al Capone to resurface. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-05-21 18:09 |
| #8 Turn out the lights, the party's over. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-05-21 17:42 |
| #7 Hillary Clinton is sounding like a Republican and the NYTs is sounding like a newspaper. What is the world coming to? Must be the effects of global warming or global insanity infecting the liberals. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-05-21 17:05 |
| #6 How well do you think the army's going to hold up if someone like Iran nukes one of the bases? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-05-21 16:20 |
| #5 It ain't Saddam's Army any more. It appears to be better than any Arab ME army. With US air supremacy, it's just a matter of time. And the mullah's army hasn't improved in the meantime. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-21 15:52 |
| #4 :) Considering Saddams army spent 8 years trying, and failed miserably, Id say no. Half decent counter insurgency work is one thing, but logistics, combined arms, etc is another, IIUC. Just cause WE can beat any army in the world in conv warfare, and struggle in counter insurg, doesnt mean a 3rd world army has the same relative strengths |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-05-21 15:47 |
| #3 Is this army ready to go to Tehran? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-21 15:43 |
| #2 :) Time mag has an article on this too. Basra, Mosul, and now this - IA seems to be on a roll (granted this is part of a deal with Sadr, but he can hardly have wanted to have the IA running around his homebase) Is this the turning point? Is that light at the end of the tunnel? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-05-21 15:31 |
| #1 The NYT! Who can believe them? |
| Posted by: Angavique Lumplump9498 2008-05-21 14:48 |