Iraq is gonna have one good Army within a couple of years.
Yes they will,they were trained by the best.
The main thing that is missing is equipment. General Gardner lambasted those who believe Warsaw pact junk is good enough for the Iraqi Army and said that if we gave them US modern tanks and equipment they would be reliant on us long term for spare parts otherwise their Army would break down.
He also said even if the Pentagon doesn't want to arm the Iraqi Army with US eqipment we should at least get them to where they were in 2002 when they had 7000 tanks instead of 70 like they have today. That may not matter much in a fight against the US, but it will be vital to keeping Iran at bay and keeping fools like Sadr from rising up after the dems force us out of Iraq.
as Gardner said
"Robustly" train, re-equip with American modern arms rather than Warsaw Pact junk and advise all 120 Iraqi army battalions with American combat veterans rather than neophytes.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1206/120406cdam2.htm