Should have been a comma behind “well” instead of a dash. “Well, trained Iraqi army”
Training lower enlisted and junior officers does not take a long time. Building an NCO and Officer corps and developing good mid level and senior leaders does take a long time. We did not stay long enough for any of that to happen. I think it is probably true that Iraqi Army soldiers were reasonably well trained when we left and degraded over time without good senior level leadership or guidance.