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To: Elroy who wrote (283080)	4/5/2006 9:49:36 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576870

re: Anyway, my point that Anyway, my point that Iraqis should have been trained to do much of the "police work" in three months stands. That's not about an exit strategy, a grand plan to stabilize the country, a unification process or anything other than what it says - IMO Iraqis should have been doing the basic day to day civil society security work (police, check points, curfew monitors, whatever etc.) starting from 3-6 months after the fall of Saddam.stands. That's not about an exit strategy, a grand plan to stabilize the country, a unification process or anything other than what it says - IMO Iraqis should have been doing the basic day to day civil society security work (police, check points, curfew monitors, whatever etc.) starting from 3-6 months after the fall of Saddam. OK, if "Iraqis should have been trained to do much of the "police work" in three months", why haven't they been?

To: Elroy who wrote (283080)	4/5/2006 1:11:33 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1576870

If a one for one swap implies an Iraqi exit strategy, how can it also be irrelevant to an Iraqi exit strategy? Because the premise is incorrect...it is your implied premise. Anyway, my point that Iraqis should have been trained to do much of the "police work" in three months stands. Arghhh...for one, in the middle of an insurgency, our folks and theirs can't even tell who is friend or foe. IMO Iraqis should have been doing the basic day to day civil society security work (police, check points, curfew monitors, whatever etc.) starting from 3-6 months after the fall of Saddam. Yes, but when the coalition went in, they broke down the fiber of society, and it's been hell putting it back together again, in the backdrop of an insurgency. Now, even if they could, it still would not be a path out of there. Al