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2016-03-29 Iraq

Iraqi Soldiers Flee Again in Iraq Army’s First Mosul Operation

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Posted by Fred 2016-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 Compare Contrast Peshmerga

Posted by Glemble Bluetooth4426 2016-03-29 01:20|| 2016-03-29 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 The US is backing the wrong people.

Posted by Ebbeang Angalet2498 2016-03-29 01:21|| 2016-03-29 01:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Make Mosul part of Kurdistan?

Posted by Choting Darling of the Heathen Rus9229 2016-03-29 01:24|| 2016-03-29 01:24|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, I'll post it!

Posted by Raj 2016-03-29 01:35|| 2016-03-29 01:35|| Front Page Top

#5 We can laugh because we've been there. A lot of the early Koran experience involved 'bugging out'. It took real leadership (Ridgway) to install morale into an army that lacks it. I don't think you'll find one among the host there and, even if you do, he'd be immediately considered a threat to those you've left in power (and those who think you can impose democracy upon a country that lacked generations of experience with the process).

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-29 08:49|| 2016-03-29 08:49|| Front Page Top

#6 "Make Mosul part of Kurdistan?" There is no way that the nation of Iraq will survive regardless of how this war evolves. If the next admin in Washington took charge in remaking the boundaries of Iraq would it support an independent Kurdistan? If so, wouldn't it be logical to include Mosul within that incipient nation state. There are enough Christians, Kurds, Turkomans to make that happen. The Shiite militias would be no more welcome in Mosul than they are now. In the end it will be up to the Peshmerga to take Mosul, and the feckless Sunni "army" can then return to Baghdad, never (hopefully) to be heard of again.

Posted by Harcourt Grineper5775 2016-03-29 10:53|| 2016-03-29 10:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe the Peshmerga, wearing false mustaches for disguise, could attack the Iraqi army and steal their stuff. The Kurds could then use that equipment to attack ISIS.

Yeah, it sounds silly, but everyone is already fighting everyone else next door in Syria, so what's the difference?

Posted by SteveS 2016-03-29 11:15|| 2016-03-29 11:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe Iraq has a crappy VA and veterans' benefits that are impossible to claim? That would explain a lot.

Posted by gorb 2016-03-29 13:31|| 2016-03-29 13:31|| Front Page Top

#9 But doesn't Allan's Amateur Cathouse and Carob Raisinette Stand in the Sky await them?

I'm so confused.

Posted by JHH 2016-03-29 13:46|| 2016-03-29 13:46|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Lampedusa Creretch3679 2016-03-29 17:59|| 2016-03-29 17:59|| Front Page Top

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