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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (169563)6/12/2006 2:58:53 PM
From: Nadine Carroll   of 793843
 
The basic impression I got was this: The Iraqi units have made tremendous progress. It's gratifying for us. We really see that we're accomplishing something. But these guys are not there yet. If we left tomorrow, they would desert. We're finally doing things right, but all that means is that now we have to wait a long time. It's kind of like watching the grass grow or the paint dry.


A lot of Arab cultural factors make it very hard to create working Arab armies. Sharing knowledge and taking care of one's men go against the cultural grain. Lee Harris wrote a good article "Why Arabs Lose Wars" on this topic.
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