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To: Zeroisanumber

The army was dissolved because the Shiites and Kurds demanded it as a condition to participating in the new government. He really didn't have any choice.


9 posted on 11/05/2005 3:13:56 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker!)
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To: bnelson44
The army was dissolved because the Shiites and Kurds demanded it as a condition to participating in the new government. He really didn't have any choice.

I know that hindsight is 20/20, but didn't it occur to Bremer or anyone else at Defense that dissolving the entire Iraqi army and leaving everyone in the country with military training at loose ends with no income might be a bad idea?

11 posted on 11/05/2005 3:19:30 PM PST by Zeroisanumber
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