[depressed in 06]

In two weeks the Kurds will take Baghdad. If there seems to be one thing the Iraqis are pretty good at, it is surrendering.

[LukeL]

There are excellent articles out there on why Arabs make such lousy soldiers. The main reason is distrust for everyone (nation against nation, tribe against tribe, clan against clan, brother against brother) Add to that the idea that information is something to be held and not shared. As a result of not sharing info the Sgt. trained on operating a piece of artillery will not teach his cpl or pvts. on how to use it so if he dies the piece becomes useless.