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Saturday, February 25, 2006

Sitting Down

CNN:

The only Iraqi battalion capable of fighting without U.S. support has been downgraded to a level requiring them to fight with American troops backing them up, the Pentagon said Friday.

The battalion, made up of 700 to 800 Iraqi Army soldiers, has repeatedly been offered by the U.S. as an example of the growing independence of the Iraqi military.

The competence of the Iraqi military has been cited as a key factor in when U.S. troops will be able to return home.

700 incompetent Iraqi soldiers against 20,000 insurgents.  Surely a strategery for success!

ntodd

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"We will stand down once they stand up"

Has a nice ring to it. Much better than.

"We fucked up and won't stand down."

Or
"The stood up then fell down so we can't stand down until they stand up again."

Posted by: spocko | Feb 25, 2006 2:10:52 PM

Custer: we're winning!

Posted by: NTodd | Feb 25, 2006 2:55:57 PM

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