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2007-06-22 Iraq

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Posted by Glenmore 2007-06-22 07:04|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Strange; I posted this, but it forgot my name. (Flashed some message when I submitted, but I didn't catch it; post showed up fine though.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-22 07:42|| 2007-06-22 07:42|| Front Page Top

#2 With all due respect to the charming and delightful Seafarious, Glenmore, I think you'll agree a blank space is preferrable to that of the esteemed Moderator - which seemed rather common yesterday.

Posted by Bobby 2007-06-22 08:28|| 2007-06-22 08:28|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Iraqi Def Forces are as bad as M Yon says, who is in charge of them and why hasn't he been replaced (or shot).

Posted by mhw 2007-06-22 08:39|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-06-22 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 A big fight seems to be brewing. As of about noon in Baqubah on the 22nd, there seems to be a lull in the fighting. A calm. This is about to get wet. At the going rate, al Qaeda in Baqubah will soon have two choices: Surrender, or die.

Die works better. Otherwise these fanatics come back another day.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-06-22 09:03|| 2007-06-22 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Note the compliment to the Kurds! My same opinion when I was there pre-Gulf war. The high level Iraqis had no initiative and looked down on average citizens. Whether they were military, professionals, or refinery managers. Its a cultural thing. That's why in Soddie and Kuwait and Iraq you had so many Filipinos, Indonesians and Indians working at the semi-skilled jobs so the hotshot Iraqis could have someone to abuse.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-06-22 09:58|| 2007-06-22 09:58|| Front Page Top

#6 That is pretty much how most of the Arabs run things.

Crappy.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-06-22 10:09|| 2007-06-22 10:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually, I'm not surprised at the low level of effectiveness of the Diyala IA. The area was unsecured before the Baghdad surge, with the police and the army just staying in the background, bottled up in their barracks. And this is why all the al-Qaeda came flooding there with the surge.

So now, with us there, we will have to get their house in order, much like in Anbar, so that Diyala will be able to fend for itself and keep al-Qaeda out after we leave.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-22 10:26|| 2007-06-22 10:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Fred fixed the whatever-it-was that was making your names go away.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-06-22 10:46|| 2007-06-22 10:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Fred fixed the whatever-it-was that was making your names go away.

It was Robert Goulet. Next time try the peanuts.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-06-22 11:14|| 2007-06-22 11:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Em's try for awesome coupe de grass phails.

Unless it's some sorta cyan trickery.

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-22 11:26|| 2007-06-22 11:26|| Front Page Top

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