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2005-01-13 Iraq-Jordan

Corruption, illiteracy hits training of Iraqi policemen

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Posted by Steve White 2005-01-13 12:29:20 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "We can run through basic drills, but a lot of it goes out of the window when we get a real incident."

What's the problem? If I had to make a snap judgement, it sounds suspiciously like the recruits aren't using their brains.

What about the use of returning expats? Can capable Iraqis be recruited from the U.S. that are willing to go back and be the foundation of an eventual capable force? Seems to me that expats would understand what's required and could coach the local recruits accordingly, assuming that the American way of doing things has sufficiently taken hold in their minds.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-13 1:52:29 AM|| 2005-01-13 1:52:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It is difficult to encourage people to use personal initiative when they have survived for generations by not standing out in a crowd.

Posted by john 2005-01-13 10:04:23 AM|| 2005-01-13 10:04:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This describes the Arab world PERFECTLY - Corrupt, uneducated, unmotivated. This is why they have never been free and will never be free once/if we ever pull out. You have to want and earn freedom, you cant be handed it.

I truely think the Iraq experiment will ultimately fail and another dictator will gain control - its all they know and I really think all they want. Its easier to do what your told rather than thinking for yourself.

The only ones who are worthy of it are the Kurds and they are getting the short end of the stick. I really wish we'd tell Turkey to pound sand and give the Kurds a homeland. I really think they would succeed and we would have a loyal friend in a troubled region.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-01-13 10:38:12 AM|| 2005-01-13 10:38:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Get some Bangladeshi cops up there. They'll show them how it's done.

Posted by tu3031 2005-01-13 3:40:34 PM|| 2005-01-13 3:40:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Illiteracy is a direct result of Saddam's "Leave All Shia Behind" educational policy.

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-13 4:56:18 PM|| 2005-01-13 4:56:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah so we go from "everything is just hunky dory, the locals will take over any day now" to "theyll never be free, its the arab mindset". Which is the real problem with "everything is hunky dory".

So it will take two years. So? Lets get serious enough to accept that, and stay the two years, and win.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-13 4:59:57 PM|| 2005-01-13 4:59:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 BAR: What about the use of returning expats? Can capable Iraqis be recruited from the U.S. that are willing to go back and be the foundation of an eventual capable force? Seems to me that expats would understand what's required and could coach the local recruits accordingly, assuming that the American way of doing things has sufficiently taken hold in their minds.

Why would English-speaking expats want to become cops? They'd make a lot more money as go-betweens for investors in Iraq. And if they become cops, they become high-ranking guys because of their language and administrative skills, which doesn't really help with the problem of low-quality grunts.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-01-13 11:54:35 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-01-13 11:54:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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