To: Cannoneer No. 4
"....the same stage the ARVN was in 1961. They will get better." I don't believe the Iraqis will have the luxury of time...
In I Corps --- we didn't really trust the ARVN with anything that impacted our security......
I guess it will be the same with this Iraqi "army"...
The closer we were to the border with Laos - the less reliable the ARVN and the more reliable the local highlands hill people ('yards) became.
Semper Fi
8 posted on
06/15/2004 6:04:21 PM PDT by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek...But I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: river rat; Criminal Number 18F; Squantos; Steel Wolf; Wolf_Lochert
I think we are ignoring a fine military resource in the Kurdish
Peshmerga. They'd make a great Mike Force.
I wonder how close these comparisons are?
New Iraqi Army = ARVN
ICDC = RF/PF (RuffPuffs)
Facilities Protection Service = CIDG
9 posted on
06/15/2004 6:23:30 PM PDT by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out)
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